Climate change and Air pollution

Question 1

Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?

Answer 1

methane

Question 2

T or F: Nitrogen and sulfur oxides, mainly from motor vehicle exhaust and coal burning, create acids when they combine with water in the air and become acid rain

Answer 2

True

Question 3

which gas forms the harmful acid in the rain

Answer 3

Sulfur Dioxide

Question 4

During photosynthesis:

Answer 4

carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, is removed from the atmosphere.

Question 5

T or F: The atmosphere is the biggest carbon reservoir of all of Earth’s spheres.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere contributes significantly to

Answer 6

Global warming

Question 7

T or F: The major cause of outdoor air pollution is the burning of fossil fuels.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Match: Solid waste

Answer 8

plastics

Question 9

Match: source of SO2

Answer 9

volcanoes

Question 10

Match: VOC

Answer 10

hydrocarbons

Question 11

Match: acid rain

Answer 11

sulfuric acid

Question 12

Match: radiation

Answer 12

x-rays

Question 13

Match: stratosphere

Answer 13

ozone layer

Question 14

Match: particulate

Answer 14

smoke, dust

Question 15

Match: ozone depletion

Answer 15

CFC

Question 16

Match: secondary pollutant

Answer 16

PAN

Question 17

Match: Greenhouse gas

Answer 17

carbon monoxide

Question 18

Which process adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

Answer 18

All of these

Question 19

Nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere contribute to

Answer 19

Acid rain

Question 20

Which of the following is not true for carbon dioxide? It:

Answer 20

is destroyed when organic matter is burned.

Question 21

Which of the following is not a primary air pollutant?

Answer 21

Ozone

Question 22

The four industrial greenhouse gases are:

Answer 22

carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons, and nitrogen oxides.

Question 23

Smog is the product of atmospheric pollution by

Answer 23

Nitrogen oxides

Question 24

Increased ozone in the lower atmosphere (near the ground) results primarily from

Answer 24

Automobile exhaust

Question 25

Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

Answer 25

Photosynthesis

Question 26

Any process decreasing photosynthesis in an ecosystem will:

Answer 26

add more carbon dioxide into the air and increase global warming.

Question 27

What is the effect of acid rain in our ozone layer?

Answer 27

None of these

Question 28

T or F: Temperature records for the past 125 years show a steady temperature increase at a constant rate.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

Sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere contributes to

Answer 29

Acid rain

Question 30

Marine corals and shelled organisms:

Answer 30

absorb calcium and carbonate ions from seawater and convert them to hard shells.

Question 31

Where is the ozone abundant?

Answer 31

In the stratosphere

Question 32

T or F: Increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere contributes significantly to global warming.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Greenhouse gases:

Answer 33

absorb infrared radiation and trap heat in our atmosphere

Question 34

The collapse of the west Antarctic Ice Sheet could lead to:

Answer 34

rising sea level and further global warming.

Question 35

Layer of the atmosphere that contains most of the water vapor and the layer in which weather takes place.

Answer 35

Troposphere

Question 36

Layer of the atmosphere with similar compositions to troposphere, except water vapor is 1000 x less and ozone is 1000 x greater.

Answer 36

Stratosphere

Question 37

Region of the atmosphere where the ozone layer is located

Answer 37

Stratosphere

Question 38

The lowest part of the atmosphere.

Answer 38

Troposphere

Question 39

Layer of the atmosphere with decreasing temperature from 50 to 80 kilometers above the Earth.

Answer 39

Mesosphere

Question 40

T or F: CFCs take 10-20 years to get to the stratosphere

Answer 40

True