Air and water pollution

What are the pollutants known to cause acid rain?

• nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide (sulfur compounds)
• Low pH and Acid
• Lemon Juice and Battery Acid
• Particulate Matter and Carbon Dioxide

What can humans do to reduce the effects of acid rain?

• Develop Alternate Energy Sources (Solar Power, Wind Energy)
• Use Less Energy
• Stop Burning Fossil Fuels
• All of the Answers are Correct

When the Ozone Layer loses Ozone what happens to organisms on the earth's surface?

• They are exposed to Smog

• Nothing happens

• They are exposed to Acid Rain

• They are exposed to Ultraviolet B Radiation

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These are two ways people can reduce air pollution.

• Drive vehicles that get low gas mileage / Burn trash at home
• Burn less fossil fuels / walk and ride bikes
• Create major forest fires / Use CFC's
• Burn styrofoam at landfills / Use more chlorine

Air pollution causes all of the following, except

• holes in the ozone layer

• increased particles in the air

• acid rain

• healthy air to breath

• smog

Climate change caused by extra carbon dioxide in the air that causes heat to get trapped in the atmosphere is called

• global warming

• photosynthesis

• smog

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Gases released from power plants mix with water vapor in the sky to make ________________.

• smog

• acid rain

• global warming

• particulate matter

A mixture of smoke, fog and chemicals in the air is known as ________.

• oxygen

• radiation

• smog

Acid rain can damage

• Drinking water sources
• Aquatic life
• Architecture/buildings
• All options are correct

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Global warming is due to 

• Greenhouse gases
• Nitric and sulfuric acids
• CFCs
• Ozone depletion

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