*Air Pollution

Question 1

Define air pollution

Answer 1

Any substance introduced into the atmosphere that has damaging effects on living things and the environment

Question 2

What are some sources of air pollution?

Answer 2

Vehicle emissions
Industrial emissions
Smoke and burning

Question 3

Air pollution is the most important environmental health risk of our time, true or false?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Air pollution cause 1 in 7 deaths, true or false?

Answer 4

False, 1 in 9

Question 5

What are the five types of air pollution?

Answer 5

Industrial smog
Sulphureous smog
Photochemical smog
Criteria pollutants
Inside home/workplace pollution

Question 6

What is IAQ?

Answer 6

Indoor Air Quality

Question 7

What are primary pollutants?

Answer 7

Substances emitted directly into the atmosphere

Question 8

What are secondary pollutants?

Answer 8

Substances that are already in the atmosphere that react with sunlight

Question 9

What are 4 causes of incomplete combustion?

Answer 9

• Combustion temp not high enough
• O2 supply limited
• Fuel
• Not enough time to burn completely

Question 10

What does incomplete combustion cause?

Answer 10

Carbon monoxide
Sulphur oxides
Nitrogen oxides
Fly ash
Unburned hydrocarbons

Question 11

What contributes to industrial and sulphureous smog?

Answer 11

Combustion of real
hydrocarbons like gas and diesel

Question 12

What does VOC stand for and how is it created?

Answer 12

Volatile Organic Compound
Cause by HC evapouration

Question 13

What is “good ozone”?

Answer 13

Stratospheric ozone, helps protect from UV rays

Question 14

What are the 7 criteria pollutants?

Answer 14

Sulphur Oxides (SOx)
Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Particulate Matter (PM)
Ammonia ( NH3)
Ground-Level Ozone (O3)

Question 15

What is known as the “silent killer” and why?

Answer 15

Carbon monoxide, it reduces your bodies ability to carry oxygen in your blood and cause you to asphyxiate

Question 16

What is the biggest contributor to NOx in the environment?

Answer 16

Transportation and mobile equipment

Question 17

95% of NOx is in what form?

Answer 17

NO (Nitrogen Oxide)

Question 18

What does SOx cause?

Answer 18

Acid rain
Respiratory Impacts

Question 19

What is the biggest contributor to Sox in the environment?

Answer 19

Oil and gas industry

Question 20

What is the biggest contributor to VOCs in the environment?

Answer 20

Oil and gas industry

Question 21

Ozone inhibitors can be built into your tires, true or false?

Answer 21

True

Question 22

What is the biggest contributor to PM in the environment?

Answer 22

Home firewood burning

Question 23

Ozone directly damages plants, true or false?

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Ozone is a primary pollutant, true or false?

Answer 24

False, it is a secondary pollutant

Question 25

What is lapse rate?

Answer 25

The lapse in temp with altitude

Question 26

What is positive lapse rate?

Answer 26

Temp decreases with height

Question 27

What is negative lapse rate?

Answer 27

Temp increases with height

Question 28

Describe unstable conditions

Answer 28

Vertical movement of air parcel is upward or downward

Question 29

Describe stable conditions

Answer 29

Vertical movement of air parcel is discouraged

Question 30

Describe neutral stability

Answer 30

Vertical movement of air is neither encouraged nor supported

Question 31

What is the difference between dry adiabatic lapse rate and environmental lapse rate?

Answer 31

Dry adiabatic lapse rate is the ideal condition while environmental lapse rate is actual temp versus altitude