Lesson 7.04 Air Pollution

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1. What is the name for the air pollution that occurs because of human activities?
   1. Anthropogenic
   2. Non-Anthropogenic
   3. Primary Pollutants

   Answer: a. Anthropogenic

2. What is the name of the air pollution that occurs because of natural activities: volcanoes, windstorms, etc?
   1. Primary Pollutants
   2. Anthropogenic
   3. Non-Anthropogenic

   Answer: c. Non-Anthropogenic

3. What is the law passed in 1963 to help reduce emission of pollutants into the atmosphere?
   1. Standard of Living
   2. The Clean Air Act
   3. Environmental Protection Agency

   Answer: b. The Clean Air Act

4. What is when cooler air is trapped beneath a layer of warmer air and causes air to mix poorly which results in higher concentrations of pollution?
   1. Sulfuric Acid
   2. Thermal Inversion
   3. Primary Pollutants

   Answer: b. Thermal Inversion

5. What was established in 1970 to monitor and enforce the guidelines of the Clean Air Act?

   1. Standard of Living
   2. The Clean Air Act
   3. Environmental Protection Agency

   Answer: c. Environmental Protection Agency

6. What are pollutants that are released directly into the atmosphere, such as when fossil fuels are burned?
   1. Primary Pollutants
   2. Secondary Pollutants
   3. Ozone

   Answer: a. Primary Pollutants

7. What are pollutants that form in the atmosphere when primary pollutants are broken down by UV radiation or other chemical reactions?
   1. Primary Pollutants
   2. Secondary Pollutants
   3. Ozone

   Answer: b. Secondary Pollutants

8. What is a secondary pollutant that is the primary component of smog?

   1. Anthropogenic
   2. Sulfuric Acid
   3. Ozone

   Answer: c. Ozone

9. What is a secondary pollutant that occurs when sulfur dioxide is broken apart and combines with water; causes acid rain?
   1. Thermal Inversion
   2. Sulfuric Acid
   3. Ozone

   Answer: b. Sulfuric Acid

10. What creates more air pollution because as it increases, the amount of energy needed and pollution produced increases?
    1. Primary Pollutants
    2. Ozone
    3. Standard of Living

    Answer: c. Standard of Living