Deck 10: Air Quality

Question 1

Acid deposition from polluted air can damage

A)structures
B)lakes
C)human health
D)vegetation
E)all of these

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Acid fog, found at high altitudes, has been observed to have a pH of

A)2
B)7
C)10
D)14

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Acidic air pollution damages

A)limestone and marble structures
B)iron girders (supports for bridges, etc.)
C)other metals used in construction
D)all of these

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Air pollution problems were essentially non-existent until the 20^th century.

Question 5

Acid rain is likely to contain

A)perchloric acid
B)nitric, sulfuric, and carbonic acids
C)sodium hydroxide
D)all of these

Question 6

A form of coal which produces less harmful smoke when burned is called

A)anthracite
B)bituminous
C)peat
D)lignite

Question 7

Coal (carbon) tends to burn to produce energy and

A)CO
B)CO₂
C)CO and CO₂
D)H₂O

Question 8

Emissions of toxic air pollutants in the US are controlled by the

A)US House of Representative
B)US Senate
C)Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
D)Executive branch of government

Question 9

Fly ash is

A)materials from burning coal that do not burn, but which do pollute the air
B)soot
C)smoke
D)automobile exhaust

Question 10

Great progress has been made I removing ___ from the environment, due to changes ii gasoline formulations.

A)aluminum
B)lead
C)cadmium
D)mercury

Question 11

How does acidification of lakes result in fish kills?

A)dissolving aluminum from rocks and soil
B)dissolving lead from rocks and soil
C)dissolving calcium from rocks and soil
D)dissolving mercury from rocks and soil

Question 12

Industrial smog is related to

A)burning coal in cold, damp climates
B)burning gasoline in hot, sunny climates
C)both of the above
D)none of the above

Question 13

Photochemical smog can produce

A)CO, CO₂, and soot
B)ozone, aldehydes, and PAN
C)beryllium compounds
D)methane

Question 14

Pollution limits are

A)primary when based on human health effects, and primary when based on environmental and property effects
B)secondary when based on human health effects and primary when based on environmental and property effects
C)primary when based on human health effects, and secondary when based on environmental and property effects
D)secondary for human health effects, and secondary for environmental and property effects

Question 15

Probably the most critical of all substances taken into the human body is

A)food
B)water
C)supplements
D)air

Question 16

Products of burning coal in air can include

A)nitric oxide (NO)
B)nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)
C)nitric acid (HNO₃)
D)all of these

Question 17

Products of burning coal in air can include

A)sulfur dioxide (SO₂)
B)sulfur trioxide (SO₃)
C)sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄)
D)all of these

Question 18

Removing harmful sulfur dioxide (SO₂) from stack gases after coal is burned is

A)very difficult
B)relatively easy

Question 19

Secondary air pollutants are

A)rapidly formed
B)formed from primary air pollutants
C)hazardous to animals but not humans
D)non-hazardous to animals and humans

Question 20

Smoke is

A)a gas
B)the same as smog
C)very finely divided solid particles
D)all of these

Question 21

The 1990 version of the Clean Air Act incorporated a feature to provide relief to an individual manufacturing plant that might temporarily need to increase its emission of a pollutant.This was called

A)permits
B)offsets
C)cap and trade program
D)none of these

Question 22

The Clean Air Act generally separates air pollutants into two categories:

A)criteria (usually limited to large-scale releases in specific locations) and hazardous (common)
B)criteria (common) and hazardous (usually limited to large-scale releases in specific locations)
C)criteria and hazardous, both of which are deemed common
D)criteria and hazardous, both of which are usually limited to large-scale releases in specific locations

Question 23

The rapid combination of a material with oxygen, accompanied by the evolution of he amounts of heat and gases, is known as

A)combustion
B)neutralization
C)precipitation
D)oxidation-reduction