Atmospheric pollution

What are the MAIN emissions that produce acid rain?

• Nitrogen

• Nitrogen Oxide

• Sulphur Dioxide

• Carbon

What are the main sources of nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide?

• Fossil fuel burning power stations

• Vehicles

• Deforestation

• Greenhouse gases

Natural gas produces less sulphur than petrol and diesel

• True

• False

A pH level of 14 is highly:

• Acid

• Alkaline

Which of the following is NOT a strategy of managing smog?

• Advising people with asthma to stay home

• Installing Catalytic Converters

• Banning CFCs

• Limiting amount of cars allowed to drive

A temperature inversion is caused by pollution

• True

• False

Which of the following prevents colder air beneath rising?

• Smog

• Temperature Inversion

• Ozone

• Troposphere

Ozone is harmful to humans when it is in this layer of the atmosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

Which of the following are traffic emissions? (more than one)

• Unburnt Hydrocarbons

• CFC's

• Nitrogen Oxides

• Acid rain

What is photochemical smog?

• An image of smog

• A reaction of sunlight and air pollutants

• Liquid smoke

• The result of wildfires