APES unit 7 (1-3)

A protective gas in the stratosphere, but a pollutant in the troposphere.

• Ozone

• Nitrogen

• Radon

• Methane

This smog occurs when sunlight reacts with certain pollutants in the atmosphere.

• Temperature Smog

• Industrial Smog

• Photochemical Smog

• Acid Deposition

Which climate conditions would be best suited for the formation of photochemical smog?

• Cool, wet, cloudy

• Cool, dry, sunny

• Warm, wet, cloudy

• Warm, dry, sunny

Cool air trapped below warm air, with the possibility of trapping pollutants near the surface.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Temperature Inversion

• Heat Island

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Why has atmospheric carbon increased in recent history?

• Increased human population and respiration

• Increase in consumption of fossil fuels

• Rapid deforestation in some areas of the world

• A decline in the phytoplankton producer population

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How many pollutants does the Clean Air Act create criteria for?

• seven

• 1,000s

• six

• infinite

Carbon monoxide is caused by

• combustion

• incomplete combustion

• a carbon monoxide detector

• Red blood cells and hemoglobin

Why is Carbon Dioxide not one of the criteria pollutants that the Clean Air Act regulates?

• It is a Green House Gas

• It damages the lungs

• It's a naturally occurring gas

• It does not directly lower air quality from a human health standpoint

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When water and oxygen and sulfuric acid form in the atmosphere, this causes

• Fog

• Acid Rain

• Temperature Inversion

• Mercury poisoning

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What are cars now required to have to reduce the NOx, CO, and hydrocarbons from being released into the air?

• Filter

• Smoke Stack

• catalytic converter

• Lead free gasoline