Climate change and Air pollution Flashcards
Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?
methane
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
True
which gas forms the harmful acid in the rain
Sulfur Dioxide
During photosynthesis:
carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, is removed from the atmosphere.
T or F: The atmosphere is the biggest carbon reservoir of all of Earth’s spheres.
False
Increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere contributes significantly to
Global warming
T or F: The major cause of outdoor air pollution is the burning of fossil fuels.
True
Match: Solid waste
plastics
Match: source of SO2
volcanoes
Match: VOC
hydrocarbons
Match: acid rain
sulfuric acid
Match: radiation
x-rays
Match: stratosphere
ozone layer
Match: particulate
smoke, dust
Match: ozone depletion
CFC
Match: secondary pollutant
PAN
Match: Greenhouse gas
carbon monoxide
Which process adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?
All of these
Nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere contribute to
Acid rain
Which of the following is not true for carbon dioxide? It:
is destroyed when organic matter is burned.
Which of the following is not a primary air pollutant?
Ozone
The four industrial greenhouse gases are:
carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons, and nitrogen oxides.
Smog is the product of atmospheric pollution by
Nitrogen oxides
Increased ozone in the lower atmosphere (near the ground) results primarily from
Automobile exhaust
Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
Photosynthesis
Any process decreasing photosynthesis in an ecosystem will:
add more carbon dioxide into the air and increase global warming.
What is the effect of acid rain in our ozone layer?
None of these
T or F: Temperature records for the past 125 years show a steady temperature increase at a constant rate.
False
Sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere contributes to
Acid rain
Marine corals and shelled organisms:
absorb calcium and carbonate ions from seawater and convert them to hard shells.
Where is the ozone abundant?
In the stratosphere
T or F: Increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere contributes significantly to global warming.
True
Greenhouse gases:
absorb infrared radiation and trap heat in our atmosphere
The collapse of the west Antarctic Ice Sheet could lead to:
rising sea level and further global warming.
Layer of the atmosphere that contains most of the water vapor and the layer in which weather takes place.
Troposphere
Layer of the atmosphere with similar compositions to troposphere, except
water vapor is 1000 x less and ozone is 1000 x greater.
Stratosphere
Region of the atmosphere where the ozone layer is located
Stratosphere
The lowest part of the atmosphere.
Troposphere
Layer of the atmosphere with decreasing temperature from 50 to 80 kilometers above the Earth.
Mesosphere
T or F: CFCs take 10-20 years to get to the stratosphere
True
