Air Pollution Quiz

__________ is a set of symptoms that may affect workers in modern, airtight office buildings which may be caused by indoor air pollutants.

• Sick building syndrome

• Asbestos

• Decibel

• Air pollution

__________ is the atmospheric condition in which warm air traps cooler air near the Earth's surface.

• Asbestos

• Smog

• Decibel

• Temperature inversion

__________ is a value that is used to express the acidity or alkalinity of a system.

• Smog

• Decibel

• pH

__________ is a pollutant that is put directly into the atmosphere by human or natural activity.

• Sick building syndrome

• Primary pollutant

• Secondary pollutant

• Smog

__________ is a pollutant that forms in the atmosphere by chemical reaction with primary air pollutants, natural components in the air, or both.

• Primary pollutant

• Secondary pollutant

• Sick building syndrome

• Smog

__________ is rain, sleet, or snow that contains a high concentration of acids, often because of the pollution in the atmosphere.

• sick building syndrome

• ozone

• acid precipitation

• smog

__________ is the sudden runoff of large amounts of highly acidic water into lakes and streams when snow melts in the spring or when heavy rains follow a drought.

• c) Acid shock
• Smog

• Ozone

• pH

__________ is the contamination of the atmosphere by the introduction of pollutants from human and natural sources.

• pH

• decibel

• air pollution

• asbestos

__________ is any of six silicate materials that form bundles of minute fibers that are heat-resistant, flexible, and durable; cancer-causing agents.

• Asbestos

• pH

• Smog

• Ozone

__________ the most common unit used to measure loudness.

• decibel

• pH

• smog

• carbon dioxide