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air pollution and its causes effects

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the pollutants known to cause acid rain?
a)
nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide (sulfur compounds)
b)
Low pH and Acid
c)
Lemon Juice and Battery Acid
d)
Particulate Matter and Carbon Dioxide
2.
What can humans do to reduce the effects of acid rain?
a)
Develop Alternate Energy Sources (Solar Power, Wind Energy)
b)
Use Less Energy
c)
Stop Burning Fossil Fuels
d)
All of the Answers are Correct
3.
CFC's cause harm to our 
a)
Troposphere
b)
Inversion Layer
c)
Ozone Layer
d)
Carbon Dioxide
4.

Where is the Ozone Layer found in our atmosphere?

a)

Troposphere (lower portion)

b)

Stratosphere (upper portion)

5.

When the Ozone Layer loses Ozone what happens to organisms on the earth's surface?

a)

They are exposed to Smog

b)

Nothing happens

c)

They are exposed to Acid Rain

d)

They are exposed to Ultraviolet B Radiation

6.
Burning fossil fuels cause ________ that cause pollution.
a)
temperature decrease
b)
headaches
c)
emissions
d)
natural pollution
7.
These are two ways people can reduce air pollution.
a)
Drive vehicles that get low gas mileage / Burn trash at home
b)
Burn less fossil fuels / walk and ride bikes
c)
Create major forest fires / Use CFC's
d)
Burn styrofoam at landfills / Use more chlorine
8.
Select the natural form of air pollution.
a)
CFC's
b)
Burning Fossil Fuels
c)
Forest Fires
d)
Paints and Solvents
9.

Which devices help clean car exhaust?

a)

Electrostatic precipitator

b)

Catalytic converter

c)

Scrubber

d)

ZEVs

10.

Which pair below are the two main sources of air pollution in urban (populated) areas?

a)

vehicles, volcanoes

b)

vehicles, industries

c)

Industries, agriculture

d)

All of the above

11.

Acid precipitation can lead to all of the following EXCEPT…

a)

a decrease in a community’s standard of living.

b)

an increase in respiratory ailments.

c)

an increase of aquatic biodiversity.

d)

a destruction of historic monuments.

12.

Acid precipitation/rain can be traced back to

a)

the burning of fossil fuels.

b)

the use of electrostatic precipitators.

c)

thermal inversions.

d)

the release of particulate matter into the atmosphere.

13.
Why are greenhouse gases important to the Earth's atmosphere?
a)
Greenhouse Gases reflect infrared radiation (in the form of heat), within which the infrared radiation is re-radiated towards space
b)
Greenhouse Gases absorb infrared radiation (in the form of heat), within which the infrared radiation cools the planet.
c)
Greenhouse Gases reflect infrared radiation (in the form of heat), within which the greenhouse gases re-radiate the heat back towards Earth.
d)
Greenhouse Gases absorb infrared radiation (in the form of heat), within which greenhouse gases re-radiate the heat back towards space
14.
Why is an atmosphere with a high concentration of greenhouse gas molecules dangerous to living things?
a)
High concentrations of greenhouse gases will cool the atmosphere to the point that there will be a snowball effect earth.
b)
High concentrations of greenhouse gases will cool the atmosphere, but will be able to sustain life.
c)
High concentrations of greenhouse gases will warm the planet just right for life, just like "the Goldilocks Princple" states.
d)
High concentrations of greenhouse gases will warm the atmosphere to the point that it will be too hot for a suitable environment.
15.
Natural processes that cause air pollution, and climate change, within the Earth's atmosphere can consist of:
a)
smokestacks and cars
b)
power plants and busses
c)
volcanoes and wildfires
d)
volcanoes and man-made-fires