test day resources

Question 1

asbestos

Answer 1

in insulation, fireproofing
skin irritation and lung cancer

Question 2

biological aerosols

Answer 2

little bacteria in the air that cause disease

Question 3

carbon dioxide

Answer 3

motor vehicles, smoking, gas appliances
causes dizziness, headaches, nausea, death!

Question 4

carbon monoxide

Answer 4

motor vehicles, kerosene appliances, causes dizziness and death

Question 5

nitrogen

Answer 5

Absorbed through
assimilation, major source of N
is the atmosphere

Question 6

phosphorous

Answer 6

rocks and minerals is a major source

Question 7

potassium

Answer 7

absorbed through assimilation

Question 8

acid rain effects

Answer 8

• Reduces photosynthesis
• Leaches toxic Al ions
• Leaches nutrients from soil
• prevents fish egg hatching (pH 5 or lower in water)
• high acid in pond cause fish kills

Question 9

acid rain causes

Answer 9

SOx, NOx

Question 10

main heavy metals that lead to heavy metal poisoning

Answer 10

Hg, Pb, As, Cd
mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium

Question 11

photochemical smog reactions

Answer 11

N2+O2–>2NO
2NO+O2–>2NO2

NO2+UV radiation–>NO+O
O+O2=O3
NO+O3–>NO2+O2

basically, nitrous oxides form with VOCs
Brown haze

Question 12

industrial smog

Answer 12

fossil fuels + VOCs

Question 13

radon-222

Answer 13

goes into houses through the radium that decays in rocks

Question 14

ecological vs. environmental for FRQs

Answer 14

ecological=NO PEOPLE
environmental=PEOPLE IMPACTS

remember because it is ecoLOGICAL that enviRON MENt are people

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