Air Pollution and Solutions

What causes outdoor air pollution?

• emissions

• water vapor

• nitrogen

• oxygen

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A large source of emissions, resulting in air pollution, comes from which source?

• Factories

• Power plants

• Motor Vehicles

• None of these are sources of air pollution

What is the name for the weather condition that can make smog worse, and can occur in Western Montana?

• Temperature inversion

• ozone

• Acid Rain

• emissions

Which substances can cause indoor air pollution?

• Dust

• Radon

• Carbon Monoxide

• All are substances which cause indoor air pollution

What does the ozone layer do for Earth?

• Ozone is toxic to humans and is harmful

• Protects people from ultraviolet radiation

• Nothing-there is a hole in the ozone layer

• Ultraviolet radiation depletes the ozone layer

What is the major cause of the hole in the ozone layer?

• CFC's block the cycle of UV absorption

• Nitrogen cycle

• Too much ozone is produced in smog

• Water cycle

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What is the key to reducing air pollution?

• New laws

• Ozone elimination

• Eliminate temperature inversions

• Controlling emissions

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

True or False: Radon is a thick, brownish haze formed when certain gases in the air react with sunlight.

• True

• False

Which of the following is a method to reduce air pollution?

• Control emissions from factories

• Control emissions from motor vehicles

• Using public transportation

• Turning off lights, computers, televisions in empty rooms