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WorksheetsAir Pollution, Climate, Energy Budget
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is something that you can do to decrease the carbon dioxide in the environment?
a)
Tear down trees
b)
Recycle
c)
Carpool
d)
Start forest fires
2.
Why is the increase of Greenhouse gasses a big issue?
a)
It causes climate change and increase in the global temerature
b)
It can lead to a major increase in Greenhouses
c)
It leads to more factories
d)
It causes a major decrease in people
3.
Which is NOT a natural process that affects the Earth's atmosphere
a)
volcanoes
b)
recycling
c)
forest fires
d)
meteoroids
4.
Which of these problems can be caused by air pollution?
a)
Respiratory problems
b)
Reduced food sources for humans
c)
Increased disease for humans
d)
Decrease in global temperatures
5.
Acid rain can damage
a)
Drinking water sources
b)
Aquatic life
c)
Architecture/buildings
d)
All options are correct
6.
The ozone layer protects us from
a)
UV rays
b)
CFCs
c)
Increased atmospheric heat
d)
Decreased atmospheric heat
7.
Global warming is due to
a)
Greenhouse gases
b)
Nitric and sulfuric acids
c)
CFCs
d)
Ozone depletion
8.
Greenhouse gases, in moderate amounts, keep the Earth's temperature stable
a)
True
b)
False
9.
A colorless, odorless gas
a)
Nitrogen oxides
b)
Ground-level ozone
c)
Carbon monoxide
d)
Sulfur dioxide
10.
Combines with other pollutants to form acid rain
a)
Nitrogen oxides & sulfur dioxide
b)
Particulate matter & lead
c)
Nitrogen oxides & ground-level ozone
d)
Sulfur dioxide & ground-level ozone
11.
Pollution hanging over urban areas that causes reduced visibility is called
a)
Air pollution
b)
Temperature inversion
c)
Light pollution
d)
Smog
12.
Radon gas is most harmful to which part of the body?
a)
Eyes
b)
Lungs
c)
Heart
d)
Kidneys
13.
Which is NOT a particulate?
a)
Dust
b)
Ash
c)
Pollen
d)
Carbon Monoxide
14.
Ozone Pollution is worse in ---- weather
a)
warm
b)
cool
c)
rainy
d)
snowy
15.
Ozone pollution forms near the surface when vehicles react with ---
a)
wind
b)
rain
c)
sunlight
d)
carbon monoxide
16.
When will the Earths energy budget be balanced?
a)
When the amount of solar radiation absorbed by the Earth is equal to the amount reflected.
b)
When the amount of solar radiation absorbed by the Earth is equal to the amount absorbed.
c)
Now!!!
d)
100,000,000 years from now.
17.
The shortest form of light is______.
a)
Rainbow light.
b)
Violet light.
c)
Infared light.
d)
Ultraviolet light.
18.
Which of the following is a human impact that contributes to global warming?
a)
Change of the Earth's seasons
b)
El nino
c)
Burning fossil fuels
d)
volcanic eruptions
19.
What percentage of the sun's energy is reflected back to space even before turning into thermal energy?
a)
10%
b)
25%
c)
75%
d)
100%
20.
A radioactive gas commonly found in rocks...
a)
smog
b)
carbon monozide
c)
radon
d)
acid rain
21.
What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun is heating your body?
a)
Conduction
b)
Radiation
c)
Convection
d)
Density
22.
This is a lava lamp. When the light bulb heats the wax, the wax rises. When the wax cools, it falls. This cycle of rising/falling is an example of:
a)
Conduction.
b)
Convection.
c)
Radiation.
23.
Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
Insolation
24.
The baby chickens are kept warm from the heat lamps demonstrates this type of heat transfer.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
25.
The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south to the north. What type of heat transfer is this?
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
Insolation
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