Air Quality

When a building has bad air quality, it has something called

• Sick building syndrome

• Radon

• Carbon monoxide

• Smog

Emitted from most manufactured building materials and furniture

• Asbestos

• Radon

• Lead

• Carbon Monoxide

• Formaldehyde

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Carbon monoxide

• increases lung cancer rates

• leads to the formation of photochemical smog

• is most problematic in rural areas

• is produced by incomplete combustion

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The primary source of radon is

• electronics

• indoor fires

• rocks and soils

• household chemical fumes

Hydrocarbons such as gasoline, solvents, paints, finger nail polish & thinners that vaporize easily.

• Sulfur Oxides

• Nitrogen Oxides

• VOC's

• Mercury

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Asbestos

• is used for insulation

• can be easily removed and treated

• can be a problem in new construction

• causes skin irritation, nausea, and fatigue

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Which of the following statements is false about ozone?

• it is harmful to plant and animal tissues

• it filters out harmful shortwave ultraviolet light

• the stratosphere has the highest concentration of ozone

• its concentration levels have risen steadily over the past half century

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How can large animal feeding operations help reduce the atmospheric effect of air pollution?

• remove particulates from emissions by scrubbing

• remove CFCs from evaporative cooling systems

• trap methane gas produced by cattle and use it as fuel

• trap carbon monoxide gas and burn it off

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Which chemical is mainly responsible for ozone thinning?

• nitrites

• nitrates

• sulfur oxides

• chlorofluorocarbons

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What two elements contribute to acid rain?

• hydrogen and oxygen

• carbon and hydrogen

• sulfur and nitrogen

• lead and sulfur