Air Pollution Quiz Review

Which of the following results from an excess amount of car exhaust containing VOCs and nitrogen oxides?

• smog

• cloudy days

• temperature inversion

• noise pollution

Mercury pollution in a local lake can be traced directly to a factory located near the lake's shore.

What type of pollution is the mercury?

• point source pollution

• Natural pollution

• Non-point source pollution

• Air pollution

Which of the following terms describes smoke, dust, and haze?

• carbon monoxide

• Volatile organic compounds

• particle pollution

• Nitrogen dioxide

Which gas protects life on Earth from UV radiation when in the stratosphere, but when in the troposphere is toxic?

• carbon monoxide

• dioxide

• nitrogen oxides

• ozone

You visit a city that has many factories and burns coal as its main source of energy. As a result there is a thick layer of smog in the atmosphere.

What is the most likely cause of the smog?

• carbon monoxide

• ozone

• nitrogen oxides

• sulfur oxides

Which of the following is most likely to cause mesothelioma?

• asbestos from moving old insulation

• ozone found at ground level

• Inhaling smoke from a burning cigarette

• VOC's from car exhaust

A cold night is followed by an overcast morning. When this happens, the cool air at the surface and any pollutants it contains is trapped beneath the warm layer above it.

Which term describes this phenomenon?

• temperature conversion

• temperature diversion

• temperature inversion

• thermocline

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The Clean Air Act- regulates vehicle emissions.

• true

• false

What is a primary pollutant? 

• pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities
• pollutants that react with other primary pollutants