Air Pollution and Climate Change

The release of damaging materials into the atmosphere is called

• temperature inversion

• climate change

• air pollution

• global warming

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

Where does most human made pollution come from?

• volcanoes

• burning fossil fuels

• forest fires

• pollen

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

Which pollutant disrupts a person's ability to take in and transport oxygen throught the body?

• carbon dioxide

• carbon monoxide

• sulfur dioxide

• CFCs

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

True or False? Car exhaust emissions can produce photochemical smog if they are exposed to sunlight.

• True

• False

True or False? Pollutants that cause harm when directly emitted into the air are know as secondary pollutants.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Pollutants that cause harm when they are directly emitted are called primary pollutants.

Car exhaust contains

• chemicals that react with sunlight and turn into tropospheric ozone

• carbon dioxide that contributes to global warming

• chemicals that form acids when they react with water in the air

• Car exaust contains all of these chemicals.

When pollution is released into the air at one location and then travels by air currents to a distant location, it is know as

• thermal inversion

• global warming

• acid deposition

• pollution drift

Which pollutant is present in car exhaust and can cause cancer?

• carbon dioxide

• CFC

• benzene

• carbon monoxide

Carbon is important because

• It impacts global climate

• It an essential element for life.

• It is found in fossil fuels that we use for energy.

• All of these are reasons why carbon is important.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

What is responsible for the formation of acid deposition?

• ozone

• sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide

• greenhouse gases

• CFCs