science quiz, Oct 8

Question 1

What kind of particles does seawater put in the air?

Answer 1

salt particles

Question 2

What kind of particles are blown by the wind?

Answer 2

mold and plant pollen

Question 3

What else produces particles?

Answer 3

soil erosion, fires, volcanos

Question 4

What allergy is caused by pollen?

Answer 4

Hay Fever

Question 5

What is the pollen count?

Answer 5

average number pollen grains in a cubic meter of air.

Question 6

What gives smoke its dark color?

Answer 6

particles of soot from burning fuel.

Question 7

What kind of smog to sunny cities get?

Answer 7

photochemical smog

Question 8

What is photochemical smog?

Answer 8

smog created by sunlight and chemicals

Question 9

What chemicals in fossil fuels causes smog?

Answer 9

hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides

Question 10

What in coal gets in the air and causes acid rain?

Answer 10

sulfur oxides

Question 11

After reactions, acid rain contains

Answer 11

nitric acid and sulfuric acid

Question 12

How can you see the effect of acid rain in a city

Answer 12

Damages buildings and statues

Question 13

How can you see the effect of acid rain in the country?

Answer 13

Harms trees (also kills fish and amphibians)

Question 14

What have governments done to improve air pollution?

Answer 14

pollution control devices on cars and scrubbers (filters) in smoke stacks at factories.

Question 15

How has air quality changed over the past 30 years?

Answer 15

better

Question 16

What did London stop burning to reduce smog?

Answer 16

coal

Question 17

What words does smog come from?

Answer 17

smoke and fog

Question 18

What does smog look like in a city?

Answer 18

a brown haze in the air

Question 19

What symptoms does air pollution cause?

Answer 19

dizziness, headaches, eye nose throat irriation, lung disease, chest pain

Question 20

WHAT CAUSES MOST AIR POLLUTION?

Answer 20

burning fossil fuels.

Question 21

What is air pollution

Answer 21

It is harmful substances in the air. It is the result of the burning of fossil fuels (like oil, coal, gasoline and diesel fuels).

Question 22

What are pollutants

Answer 22

Harmful substances in the air, water or soil

Question 23

What are particles

Answer 23

Things bigger than molecules in the air

Question 24

What is photochemical smog

Answer 24

It is the brown haze in the air of cities. It is light mixed with chemical pollution.

Question 25

what is acid rain

Answer 25

rain that contains more acid than normal. It happens with air pollutants combine with water in the air to form acids

Question 26

How can we improve air quality

Answer 26

The US has passed laws and regulations to reduce air pollution.
Pollution control devices on cars, electric cars
filters on factories smoke stacks called scrubbers

Question 27

What are natural ways that particles are added to the atmosphere?

Answer 27

pollen from plants, forest fires, soil erosion, volcanoes, dust storms, ocean waves (salt)

Question 28

What are some human causes that add particles to the atmosphere?

Answer 28

Burning wood and coal. Farming and construction.

Question 29

what does ozone do

Answer 29

In smog, it irritates breathing passages, harms plants, and damages rubber, paint and some plastics