APES Air Pollutants

Produced when fuels containing sulfur are burned in the presence of oxygen

• Carbon monoxide

• Sulfur dioxide

• Carbon monoxide

• Greenhouse gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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

• Water droplets
• Allergens
• Particulate matter
• Combustibles

A colorless, odorless gas that decreases the blood's ability to carry oxygen.  Can cause faintness, death.

• Nitrogen oxides
• Ground-level ozone
• Carbon monoxide
• Sulfur dioxide

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Which two primary pollutants most often result in acid rain?

• sulfuric dioxide and nitric oxide
• carbon monoxide and VOCs
• ZEVs and VOCs
• carbonic acid and citric acid

What is did the Montreal Protocol ban in 1987?

• CO₂

• O₃

• CFCs

• NOx

Where is the Ozone layer located?

• mesosphere
• stratosphere
• exosphere
• troposphere

Formaldehyde is an example of:

• CO

• NOx

• VOCs

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Acid rain is an example of 

• primary source
• secondary source

Sulfur dioxide is created by:

• fishing

• coal plants

• forest fires

• small combustion engines

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

The Clean Air Act was implemented to 

• limit the amount of pollutants you could put in the air 
• ruin the economy
• regulate the amount pollutants you could put in water

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3