Ch. 8.4 & 8.5 Quizizz

What was the main approach to air pollution control mentioned in the text?

• Filtration

• Dilution

• Absorption

• Condensation

Why were tall smokestacks built according to the text?

• To reduce emissions

• To make emissions easier to detect

• To send emissions far from the source

• To increase industrial output

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

What has made dilution an ineffective strategy for air pollution control?

• Decrease in industrialization

• Increase in global industrialization

• Advances in technology

• Changes in climate

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

What is the best strategy for reducing pollution according to the text?

• Increasing production

• Reducing production

• Ignoring emissions

• Enhancing combustion

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

What does particulate removal involve?

• Increasing emissions

• Filtering air emissions

• Ignoring particulates

• Enhancing combustion

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Why is sulfur removal important?

• Sulfur oxides are harmless

• Sulfur oxides are beneficial

• Sulfur oxides are damaging to human health

• Sulfur oxides enhance air quality

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

How can nitrogen oxides (NOx) be reduced?

• By increasing combustion

• By using more industrial boilers

• In both internal combustion engines and industrial boilers

• By ignoring emissions

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-2

What do hydrocarbon controls mainly involve?

• Increasing emissions

• Complete combustion or control of evaporation

• Ignoring hydrocarbons

• Enhancing sulfur emissions

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

What percentage of unburned particulates can an electrostatic precipitator remove?

• 90%

• 95%

• 99%

• 85%

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

What was the first national legislation in the United States aimed at air pollution control?

• Clean Air Act of 1963

• Clean Water Act of 1972

• Endangered Species Act of 1973

• National Environmental Policy Act of 1969