Unit 7 APES Review

Is the major pollutant that electrostatic precipitators are designed to remove from power-plant smokestack emissions

• Sulfur dioxide

• Lead

• Ozone

• Hydrocarbons

• Particulates

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Catalytic converters reduce which of the following pairs of pollutants in car exhaust?

• Carbon dioxide and ozone

• Carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons

• Carbon dioxide and particulates

• Lead and mercury

• Methane and particulates

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

a secondary pollutant

• forms in the stratosphere

• is transformed by sunlight, water, or other elements in the atmosphere

• cannot be directly tracked to its source

• forms primarily from incomplete combustion

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

Which is a source of sulfur dioxide found in nature?

• forest fires

• lightning

• plant emissions

• volcano

Thermal inversions

• increase the rate of smog formation

• trap high concentrations of pollution at ground level

• result in increased levels of acid deposition

• reduce the negative effects of VOC's

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

Acid deposition forms as a result of

• nitrogen oxides and photochemical smog

• carbon monoxide and VOC's

• sulfur dioxide and VOC's

• nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxides

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NGSS.HS-PS1-5

Which method is used to reduce the nitrogen oxide emissions

• installation of catalytic converters

• increased temperature of combustion

• the use of calcium carbonate to absorb the emissions

• the use of fluidized bed combustion

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Which outdoor air pollutant is also a significant indoor air pollutant?

• sulfur dioxide

• carbon monoxide

• ozone

• lead

Which of the following would most likely reduce the level of carbon monoxide gas as an indoor air pollutant?

• Remove old furniture and mattresses

• Purchase a newer model refrigerator and cooling system

• Ventilate of the fireplace, wood stove, and garage

• Ventilate the basement

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Acid deposition affects certain areas of a country more than others due to

• increased access to adjacent waterways which are heavily polluted by acid deposition.

• greater elevation causing an increase in proximity to the source of acid deposition.

• fewer soil microorganisms that can mobilize nitrogen through the nitrogen cycle.

• decreased limestone in the underlying sediment to neutralize the acid.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1