Air Pollution

A colorless, odorless gas that decreases the blood's ability to carry oxygen, causing faintness and even death.

• Nitrogen oxides

• Ground-level ozone

• Carbon monoxide

• Sulfur dioxide

The Clean Air Act regulates vehicle and industrial emissions.

• true

• false

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Which devices below are used to remove dangerous exhaust gases and/or particulate matter from industries and power plants?

• Filters

• Electrostatic precipitators

• Wet Scrubbers

• All of these are used.

What is a source of carbon monoxide?

• Incomplete combustion of fossil fuels

• Combustion of fossil fuels

• Decomposition of plant and animal matters

• Photochemical reaction of CO₂

An air pollution prevention mechanism found in vehicles. 

• combustion chamber
• electrostatic precipitator
• scrubber
• catalytic converter

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A type of pollution found both indoors and outdoors, which includes pollen, dander, soot, carbon, and dust.

• Water droplets

• Allergens

• Particulate matter

• Combustibles

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Which is not an example of VOCs?

• paint and paint thinners

• gasoline

• water vapor

• formaldehyde

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This atmospheric compound is critical to the planet in its protection against UV radiation, but when found close to the ground is part of photochemical smog that can cause serious health problems.

• particulate matter

• carbon monoxide

• VOCs

• ozone

Which of the following is NOT a primary pollutant?

• nitric oxides

• smog

• sulfur dioxide

• volatile organic compounds

What is a secondary pollutant?

• pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities

• pollutant that forms when primary pollutants react with each other and/or with gases already present in the atmosphere