Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
Suggestions for you
36 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple Choice
Ground level ozone is an example of
primary source
secondary source
- 2. Multiple ChoiceA colorless, odorless gas that decreases the blood's ability to carry oxygen. Can cause faintness, death.Nitrogen oxidesGround-level ozoneCarbon monoxideSulfur dioxide
- 3. Multiple Choice
The Clean Air Act establishes national standards for the allowable outdoor concentration of _____ criteria air pollutants.
6
4
8
12
- 4. Multiple Choice______________ ______________ is produced when fuels containing sulfur are burned in the presence of oxygen.Carbon monoxideSulfur dioxideCarbon monoxideGreenhouse gas
- 5. Multiple Choice
A metallic element that was once in gasoline, pipes and paint and can cause brain damage.
Lead
Particulate matter
Ground-level ozone
Nitrogen oxides
- 6. Multiple ChoiceUsed on factory stacks to remove gases and particulate.FiltersEmission reducersScrubbersFilter Strips
- 7. Multiple Choice
Source of carbon monoxide
Incomplete combustion of fossil fuels
Combustion of fossil fuels
Decomposition of plant and animal matters
Photochemical reaction of CO2
- 8. Multiple ChoiceAn air pollution prevention mechanism found in vehicles.combustion chamberelectrostatic precipitatorscrubbercatalytic converter
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a primary pollutant?pollutant that is put directly into air by human activitiespollutants that react with other primary pollutants
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which system of the body is mainly affected by air pollution?
Respiratory problems
Immune
Muscular
Integument
- 11. Multiple Choice
A type of pollution found both indoors and outdoors, which includes pollen, dander, soot, carbon, and dust.
Water droplets
Allergens
Particulate matter
Combustibles
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are examples of VOC's ? select 3
paint and paint thinners
gasoline
water vapor
formaldehyde
smog
- 13. Multiple Choice
This primary pollutant creates a reddish brown gas creating photochemical smog and tropospheric ozone.
sulfuric acid
VOC
nitrogen dioxide
particulate matter
- 14. Multiple Choice
This atmospheric compound is critical to the planet in its protection against UV radiation, but when found close to the ground is part of photochemical smog that can cause serious health problems.
particulate matter
carbon monoxide
stratospheric ozone
tropospheric ozone
- 15. Multiple Choice
Electrostatic precipitators can be used to remove this type of air pollutant.
volatile organic compounds
sulfur dioxide
particulate matter
ground level ozone
- 16. Multiple Choice
All of the following are the six main primary air pollutants except which two?
nitric oxides
tropospheric ozone
sulfur dioxide
volatile organic compounds
photochemical smog
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a secondary pollutant?pollutant that is put directly into air by human activitiespollutants that react with other primary pollutants
- 18. Multiple ChoiceAny compound containing carbon that participates in photochemical reactions in the atmosphere.Photochemical OxidantsSulfur TrioxideCarbon DioxideVolatile Organic Compound
- 19. Multiple ChoiceEffect of sulfur dioxideDeprives body of oxygenIrritates the eyesCauses global warmingCauses acid rain
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe chemical formula for ozone?00203OZn
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich two primary pollutants most often result in acid rain?sulfuric dioxide and nitric oxidecarbon monoxide and VOCsZEVs and VOCscarbonic acid and citric acid
- 22. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: CO is a primary air pollutantTrueFalse
- 23. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Pb is a primary air pollutantTrueFalse
- 24. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: SO3 is a primary air pollutantTrueFalse
- 25. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: O3 is a primary air pollutantTrueFalse
- 26. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: SO2 is a secondary air pollutantTrueFalse
- 27. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: CO2 is a secondary air pollutantTrueFalse
- 28. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: HNO3 is a secondary air pollutantTrueFalse
- 29. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: CO is a criteria air pollutantTrueFalse
- 30. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Pb is a criteria air pollutantTrueFalse
- 31. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: PM is a criteria air pollutantTrueFalse
- 32. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Hg is a criteria air pollutantTrueFalse
- 33. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: VOCs is a criteria air pollutantTrueFalse
- 34. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Hg is capable of bioaccumulationTrueFalse
- 35. Multiple ChoiceThe 3 main anthropogenic sources of gaseous air pollutants in the US aresoil erosion, volcanoes, and forest firessoil erosion, volcanoes, and energy productionindustry, transportation, and energy productionindustry, transportation and agriculture
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following correctly lists the 6 “criteria” air pollutants as specified under the Clean Air Act?Pb, SO2, NOX, CO, PM, and tropospheric O3Tropospheric O3, SO2, NOX, PM, Pb, and CO2SO4, NOX, CO, PM, Pb, and tropospheric O3SO2, NOX, CO, Hg, PM, and tropospheric O3
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags