Atmosphere and Atmospheric Cycles Review

What is the major cause for air pollution? 

• factories and cars
• cigarretes 
• deforestation
• oil spills

The 78% of the normal composition of air is...?

• Oxygen 
• Nitrogen
• Carbon dioxide
• Argon

Acid rain can damage

• Drinking water sources
• Aquatic life
• Architecture/buildings
• All options are correct

The ozone layer protects us from

• UV rays
• CFCs
• Increased atmospheric heat
• Decreased atmospheric heat

The ozone layer is damaged by

• CFCs
• Increase in greenhouse gases
• Increased global temperatures
• Sulfuric and nitric acids

Greenhouses gases

• Absorb and radiate heat
• Destroy the ozone layer
• Cause respiratory problems
• Create smog

____________________ are pollutants released into the air.

• Emissions
• Ozone molecules
• Hazardous wastes
• Acid rains

Which of the following has most directly resulted in increased skin cancer rates in Australia?

• Water pollution in the Antarctic Ocean
• Ozone depletion in the stratosphere
• Increased immigration of Asian people into Australia
• The occurrence of a solar maximum

Which of the following actions would reduce global greenhouse emissions?

• Increasing the use of automobiles
• Decreasing the number of nuclear power plants
• Replacing coal-burning power plants with wind farms
• Converting tropical forests to rice paddies

We live in the __________________layer, a level of the atmosphere.

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere
• Exosphere