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Advanced Placement AP Environmental Science (Chapter 15) Quiz on CH 15: Air pollutants are found throughout the entire global system, created by Angelia Prip on 18/02/2016.

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CH 15: Air pollutants are found throughout the entire global system

Question 1 of 22

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What did Chattanooga do to address their pollution problem?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Created its own air pollution legislation by enacting the Air Pollution Control Ordinance

  • Controlled the emissions of sulfur oxides

  • Allowed open burning by anyone

  • Placed regulations on odors and dust

  • Outlawed visible automobile emissions

  • Capped the sulfur content of fuel at four percent

  • Limited visible emissions from industry

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Question 2 of 22

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is defined as the introduction of , particulate matter or microorganisms into the atmosphere at concentrations high enough to harm plants, , and s such as buildings, or to alter

Drag and drop to complete the text.

    Air pollution
    chemicals
    animals
    material
    ecosystems

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Question 3 of 22

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Air pollution can occur naturally or anthropogenically

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 4 of 22

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Which of the following is a natural cause of air pollution?

Select one of the following:

  • Volcanoes

  • Factories

  • Automobiles

  • Airplanes

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Question 5 of 22

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Which of the following is an example of anthropogenic air pollution?

Select one of the following:

  • Fires

  • Volcanoes

  • Hurricanes

  • Factories

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Question 6 of 22

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Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

In general, the air is ( much cleaner, much dirtier, the same ) than it was 40 years ago.

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Question 7 of 22

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Recently, which of the following have had the worst outdoor air quality issue?

Select one of the following:

  • Developing countries in Asia

  • Africa

  • High-income areas in South Africa

  • Industrializing Russia

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Question 8 of 22

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Which of the following have indoor air pollution as a human health issue?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Asia

  • Africa

  • South America

  • Denmark

  • Poland

  • Australia

  • Indonesia

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Question 9 of 22

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Even though air pollution has been with us for millenia, both the definition of pollution and the classification of a subtance as a pollutant are still in transition.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 10 of 22

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The science of air pollution is closely intertwined with

Select one of the following:

  • legislation and social perspectives

  • public policy

  • the fields of chemistry and biology

  • the presidential elections

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Question 11 of 22

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Fill the blank space to complete the text.

The US Clean Air Act was enacted in

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Question 12 of 22

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The US Clean Air Act identified pollutants that significantly threaten human well-being, ecosystems and/or structures

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Question 13 of 22

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The six pollutants identified by the Clean Air Act of 1970 included

Select one or more of the following:

  • sulfur dioxide

  • nitrogen oxides

  • carbon monoxide

  • particulate matter

  • tropospheric ozone

  • lead

  • mercury

  • radon

  • atrazine

  • sulfur dioxins

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Question 14 of 22

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Although not stated in the Clean Air Act, volatile organic compounds and sulfur dioxins are commonly measured air pollutants that have the potential to be harmful

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 15 of 22

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Sulfur dioxide is a ( corrosive, volitile, flammable, smelly ) gas that comes primarily from combustion of fuels such as ( coal and oil., natural gas and oil., oil and tar sands., coal and peat. )

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Question 16 of 22

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Sulfur dioxide is released by

Select one or more of the following:

  • volcanic eruptions

  • forest fires

  • combustion of fuels

  • UV radiation

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Question 17 of 22

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The atmosphere is __ percent nitrogen gas.

Select one of the following:

  • 78

  • 81

  • 43

  • 72

Explanation

Question 18 of 22

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Gasoline-powered vehicles give off more particulate matter, in the form of black smoke, than diesel-powered vehicles.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 19 of 22

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Particulate matter ranges in size from ( 0.01, 1, 0.1, 0.001 ) micrometers to ( 100, 1000, 10.1, 100.001 ) micrometers

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Question 20 of 22

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Particulate matter larger than micrometers is usually filtered out by the noise and throat and is not regulated by the EPA.

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Question 21 of 22

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blank are of concern to air pollution scientists because they are not filtered out by the nose and throat and can be deposited deep inside the respiratory tract.

Select one of the following:

  • PM10

  • Particulate matters or particles

  • PM25

  • Particulate matters under 12 micrometers

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Question 22 of 22

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The most harmful particles are

Select one of the following:

  • PM 2.5

  • PM 10

  • All particles

  • PM 5

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