Pollution/weather

Question 1

climate

Answer 1

average of weather over years

Question 2

what determines climate?

Answer 2

average temperature, avg precipitation, latitude, and elevation

Question 3

name the greenhouse gases

Answer 3

water vapor
Carbon dioxide
methane
nitrous oxide

Question 4

ground level to space layers of atmosphere

Answer 4

troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere

Question 5

where is bad ozone?

Answer 5

troposphere

Question 6

pollutant associated with photochemical smog

Answer 6

nitrogen oxides

Question 7

acid deposition in the form of acid rain or snow can be damaging to forests and lakes in close proximity to….

Answer 7

coal burning facilities

Question 8

acid deposition can be combated through all except

• buffers such as limestone
• burning low sulfur coal
• creating more suburbs
• wind turbines

Answer 8

creating more suburbs

Question 9

photochemical smog equation

Answer 9

photochemical smog—>VOCs+heat+sunlight+nitrous oxides

Question 10

Is outdoor or indoor air pollutants a greater risk to human health?

Answer 10

indoor

Question 11

which is not a man induced air pollutant?

• asbestos
• radon
• formaldehyde
• tobacco smoke

Answer 11

radon

Question 12

people exposed to air pollution most likely have all except

• skin cancer
• emphysema
• lung cancer
• bronchitis

Answer 12

skin cancer

Question 13

the ocean stores a great deal of the greenhouse gas CO2, in all the following ways except

• phytoplankton absorb CO2 to use during photosynthesis
• upwellings pull CO2 from the atmosphere into ocean waters
• sea waters are able to absorb and store more CO2
• Dead Sea organisms fall to the bottom of the ocean carrying with them the carbon stored in their body tissues

Answer 13

sea waters are able to absorb and store more CO2

Question 14

which would suffer from global warming?

• polar bear
• deer
• opossum
• fox

Answer 14

polar bear

Question 15

weather

Answer 15

an areas temperature, rainfall, wind over an hour or day period