Ch 16 Air Pollution & Climate Change

The effects of a rapid change in Earth's climate are projected to occur during your lifetime.

• True

• False

Nitrogen oxide can combine with water in the atmosphere and form nitric acid, one of the components of harmful acid deposition.

• True

• False

At one time, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana had 150 glaciers, but only 25 remained in 2015.

• True

• False

A problem with geoengineering is that it will not necessarily discourage the use of fossil fuels.

• True

• False

Switching from coal to natural gas will not slow global climate change.

• True

• False

A major tipping point is for the atmospheric carbon level to reach over 450 ppm.

• True

• False

The correct sequence of layers of the atmosphere from innermost to outermost is: _____.

• a. mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, troposphere

• b. troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere

• c. stratosphere, thermosphere, troposphere, mesosphere

• d. thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere

• e. thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere

What secondary pollution is produced when sunlight interacts with VOCs and NOx released from vehicle exhaust?

• a. carbon dioxide

• b. photochemical smog

• c. industrial smog

• d. sulfur dioxide

• e. acid deposition

The primary way in which the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can be increased is by _____.

• a. burning fossil fuels

• b. fertilizing croplands

• c. planting more forests and grasslands

• d. increasing solar radiation

• e. increasing use of chlorofluorocarbons

Photochemical smog is characteristic of urban areas with ____.

• many vehicles and a climate that is cool, wet, and cloudy

• many vehicles and a climate that is cool, dry, and sunny

• many vehicles and a climate that is warm, dry, and sunny

• few vehicles and a climate that is warm, wet, and cloudy

• few vehicles and a climate that is warm, wet, and sunny