AP Environmental Unit 3

Which rock can be used to counteract acid rain?

• Limestone

• Calcium

• Granite

• Asbestos

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The 3 main anthropogenic sources of gaseous air pollutants in the US are

• soil erosion, volcanoes, and forest fires

• soil erosion, volcanoes, and energy production

• industry, transportation, and energy production

• industry, transportation and agriculture

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Which of the following correctly lists the 6 “criteria” air pollutants as specified under the Clean Air Act?

• Pb, SO₂, NO_X, CO, PM, and tropospheric O₃

• Tropospheric O₃, SO₂, NOX, PM, Pb, and CO₂

• SO₄, NO_X, CO, PM, Pb, and tropospheric O₃

• SO₂, NO_X, CO, Hg, PM, and tropospheric O₃

One of the effects of bicarbonate (HCO₃) that leaches from limestone soils into surrounding lakes is to:

• slightly increase the acidity of the water

• greatly increase the acidity of the water

• buffer the effects of acid rain

• have no effect on the pH of the lake water

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Which of the following is NOT classified as a primary pollutant?  

• Carbon Monoxide

• Nitrogen Oxides

• Sulfur Dioxides

• Ozone

Ozone is a natural component of the Earth’s stratosphere as well as an element of photochemical smog. Ozone also can be an indoor air pollutant. Sources of ozone in homes or offices include:

•  combustion of fossil fuels

• household solvents and cleaning fluids

• photocopying machines, printers, and other high-voltage electrical equipment  

• electrolysis of tap water

“Scrubbing” is a technique used to:

• collect particulates produced by coal-burning power plants

• control carbon monoxide production in automobiles

• control sulfur emissions in the exhaust from a power plant

• remove carbon dioxide from the exhaust of a power plant

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Asbestos is hazardous to human health because:

• if releases toxic fumes

• if trapped in the lungs, it decays and damages DNA

• it binds to hemoglobin and can lead to death

• it is composed of small fibers, which damage lung tissue and cause cancer

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Nitrogen oxides (NO_x) are:

• a yellow-brown gas that contributes to photochemical smog

• a colorless and odorless gas that binds to hemoglobin in blood 

• a colorless and odorless gas that damages the lungs

• a reactive gas produced, in part, by photochemical reaction of sunlight  with various air pollutants  

Which is an anthropogenic source of nitrogen oxides?

• Nuclear fission

• Combustion of natural gas

• Volcanic eruptions

• motor vehicles