AP Environmental Science - 7.6 Reduction of Air Pollutants

Which of the following is FALSE?

• CAFE standards regulate cafes and other small restaurants' emissions. 

• One way to reduce air pollutants is to find ways to use less fossil fuels.

• The Clean Air Act regulates emissions, and an update allowed the buying and selling of pollution credits. 

• Catalytic converters take unburnt fuel, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides and convert them to water, carbon dioxide, oxygen and nitrogen gas

Which of the following is FALSE?

• Adding limestone to coal before combustion increases emissions, making them much worse for the environment. 

• Wet scrubbers and baghouse filters both reduce particulate matter from emissions. 

• Electrostatic precipitators give particulate matter a charge, allowing it to be removed. 

• The EPA can regulate certain air pollutants and require coal burning power plants to reduce their emissions.