Question 1

The __________________ is an international treaty designed to eliminate CFCs.

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A)   Montreal Accord
B)   Kyoto Protocol
C)   International Agreement on CFC Reduction
D)   Montreal Protocol
E)   Clean Air Act

Question 2

The most common human health response to air pollution is

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A)   inflammatory responses in sensitive tissues.
B)   lung cancer.
C)   blindness caused by deteriorating eye tissues.
D)   skin cancer.
E)   heart disease.

Question 3

Wind currents

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A)   send air pollution from one continent to the next.
B)   keep CFCs from reaching the ozone hole.
C)   eliminate the movement of dust particles from watershed to watershed.
D)   circulate global carbon dioxide to regions with more vegetation for photosynthesis.

Question 4

A major source of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)  is

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A)   incomplete burning of hydrocarbons.
B)   combustion of sulfur-containing fuel.
C)   photochemical oxidation.
D)   CO in the atmosphere.
E)   CO2 in the atmosphere.

Question 5

The structure on an automobile that removes nitrogen oxides is a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   catalytic converter.
B)   scrubber.
C)   air filter.
D)   electrostatic precipitator.

Question 6

There are serious signs that ozone depletion may lead to

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A)   UV-caused skin cancers.
B)   UV-caused blindness.
C)   IR-caused sunburn.
D)   UV-caused skin cancers and UV-caused blindness only.

Question 7

Worldwide, air pollution control efforts are least advanced or least successful in major cities of developing countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 8

Given what we know about the probability of the greenhouse effect, the best thing to do is

Accepted Answer

A)   consider the implication of immediately ceasing all industrial activity.
B)   wait and see how much temperatures change before we change our habits.
C)   severely cut back on production of greenhouse gases.
D)   not worry about greenhouse gas production.
E)   focus on the development of technological advances to help decrease the effects of climate change.

Question 9

________ is/are examples of secondary pollutants.

Accepted Answer

A)   Aerosols
B)   Volatile organic compounds
C)   Photochemical oxidants
D)   Combustion gases
E)   Dust from soil erosion

Question 10

One of the principal ways lakes suffer from acid deposition is that

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A)   rocks on the bottom begin to dissolve.
B)   fish eggs die and fish populations fall.
C)   aquatic vegetation turns yellow.
D)   plants grow excessively and choke other life.

Question 11

___________ ozone is harmful, damaging plants and human health while ozone at the _________ level screens out mutagenic ultraviolet radiation.

Accepted Answer

A)   Stratospheric; troposphere
B)   Thermospheric; mesosphere
C)   Tropospheric; stratosphere
D)   Mesospheric; thermosphere
E)   Stratospheric; mesosphere

Question 12

What type of buildings and monuments are most susceptible to acid damage?

Accepted Answer

A)   granite and basalt
B)   wood
C)   limestone and marble
D)   concrete and brick
E)   brick and bronze C

Question 13

Primary pollutants are those that are

Accepted Answer

A)   released directly in dangerous forms.
B)   produced in the greatest quantities.
C)   the most dangerous.
D)   the most threatening to people.
E)   classified by the EPA as the most dangerous and abundant.

Question 14

The air pollutant least successfully removed from the air by technologies in developed nations is

Accepted Answer

A)   carbon dioxide.
B)   sulfur oxides.
C)   nitrogen oxides.
D)   particulate matter.
E)   VOCs.

Question 15

Cap and trade policies have been successful in lowering the levels of carbon dioxide and CFCs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The use of scrubbers, precipitators, and filters on power plants and other "smokestack" industries probably accounts for a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   increase in nitrogen oxides.
B)   decrease in sulfur oxides and solid particulate matter.
C)   decrease in volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, solid particulate matter, and lead.
D)   decrease in solid particulate matter and lead.
E)   decrease in nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, volatile organic compounds, solid particulate matter, and lead.

Question 17

The phenomenon where cool, dense air sits under a layer of lighter warmer air is known as a ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   heat sink
B)   heat island
C)   temperature inversion
D)   Milankovitch cycle
E)   thermocline

Question 18

The amount of CO2 released by human activities per year is approximately ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)   30 million tons
B)   300 million tons
C)   3 billion tons
D)   30 billion tons
E)   300 billion tons

Question 19

The "ozone hole" is a depletion currently most serious

Accepted Answer

A)   at the most populated latitudes.
B)   over North America.
C)   in tropical latitudes.
D)   near the Hadley cells.
E)   near the poles.

Question 20

Most of the excessive carbon dioxide that is expected to cause global warming is generated by

Accepted Answer

A)   green plants.
B)   burning of fossil fuels.
C)   production of cement and clearing of forests.
D)   burning of fossil fuels and production of cement and clearing of forests only. D

Exam 10: Air Pollution

The __________________ is an international treaty designed to eliminate CFCs.

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The most common human health response to air pollution is

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Wind currents

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A major source of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is

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The structure on an automobile that removes nitrogen oxides is a(n)

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There are serious signs that ozone depletion may lead to

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Worldwide, air pollution control efforts are least advanced or least successful in major cities of developing countries.

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Given what we know about the probability of the greenhouse effect, the best thing to do is

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________ is/are examples of secondary pollutants.

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One of the principal ways lakes suffer from acid deposition is that

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___________ ozone is harmful, damaging plants and human health while ozone at the _________ level screens out mutagenic ultraviolet radiation.

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What type of buildings and monuments are most susceptible to acid damage?

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Primary pollutants are those that are

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The air pollutant least successfully removed from the air by technologies in developed nations is

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Cap and trade policies have been successful in lowering the levels of carbon dioxide and CFCs.

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The use of scrubbers, precipitators, and filters on power plants and other "smokestack" industries probably accounts for a(n)

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The phenomenon where cool, dense air sits under a layer of lighter warmer air is known as a ____________________.

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The amount of CO2 released by human activities per year is approximately ___________.

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