final ppnt air pollution

Question 1

Tropospheric ozone/photochemical smog

Answer 1

Major types of Atmospheric Pollution 1

Question 2

Acid deposition

Answer 2

Major types of Atmospheric Pollution 2

Question 3

Carbon oxides

Answer 3

Major types of Atmospheric Pollution 3

Question 4

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) & halons

Answer 4

Major types of Atmospheric Pollution 4

Question 5

What are CFC and Halons?

Answer 5

Cfc is refrigerants, halons used for fire suppression

Question 6

What are Nitrous oxides?

Answer 6

automobile emissions, burning wood, electrical generation

Question 7

What are Hydrocarbons/VOCs?

Answer 7

biogenic sources, Automobiles

Question 8

What is in the Tropospheric Ozone?

Answer 8

Nitrous oxides, Hydrocarbons/VOCs, and Sunshine

Question 9

Tropospheric ozone is a primary
component of

Answer 9

photochemical smog

Question 10

Effects of Tropospheric Ozone

Answer 10

Decrease pulmonary function, Airway inflammation, Increase sensitivity to other toxicants, Increase susceptibility to infection, Crop damage, greenhouse effect

Question 11

Acid Deposition

Answer 11

Mainly produced by
burning coal high in
sulfur

Question 12

coal high in sulfur is also called

Answer 12

soft coal

Question 13

Sulfur oxides combine readily with water to produce

Answer 13

sulfuric acid (H2SO4)

Question 14

Biggest air pollution problem

Answer 14

CO, CO2

Question 15

Natural sources of CO

Answer 15

Forest fires, lightning

Question 16

CO is primarily result of

Answer 16

incomplete combustion

Question 17

How does CO replace oxygen

Answer 17

binds to hemoglobin in bloodstream, prolonged exposure increased amount

Question 18

Symptoms of CO Poisoning

Answer 18

Cardiac arrhythmia, cherry red skin

Question 19

Atmospheric CO2
levels are at their

Answer 19

highest levels in 800,000 years

Question 20

Suess Effect

Answer 20

relative concentration of 14C has progressively declined

Question 21

10 of the warmest years on record have occurred since

Answer 21

2005

Question 22

Earth’s temperature has risen by

Answer 22

0.14° F (0.08° C) per decade since
1880

Question 23

Arctic sea ice extent is now declining at a rate of

Answer 23

13.4% per decade

Question 24

Evidence of climate change

Answer 24

sea surface temperature warming, increase in global average air temp

Question 25

what is used to reconstruct temperature before thermometers existed

Answer 25

proxies

Question 26

examples of proxies

Answer 26

tree rings and isotopic measurements on marine fossils, cave formations

Question 27

Arctic sea ice extent in September 2012

Answer 27

was the lowest in the satellite record

Question 28

Artic ice

Answer 28

Once 3m thick in winter, now ~1m

Question 29

Arctic ocean may be ice free in summer within

Answer 29

the next three decades

Question 30

CFCs & Halons

Answer 30

Determined to be most at fault for diminishing of the ozone layer

Question 31

Organic compounds containing lots of bromine and/or chlorine

Answer 31

CFCs & Halons

Question 32

Bromine and chlorine are removed in the upper atmosphere by

Answer 32

reaction with UV light

Question 33

Bromine and chlorine then destroy stratospheric ozone through

Answer 33

free radical reactions

Question 34

each Cl atom can destroy up

Answer 34

to 10,000 molecules of O3

Question 35

Less ozone layer means

Answer 35

more skin cancer, cataract damage, harm to animals and plants, and also melting of ice caps/global warming