Gas Lair Pollutin’ da Outdoors SPF 100 What’s that Smell? Spare Change
Q: Gas Lair 100pts True/False The depletion of the ozone layer means that more UV radiation reaches Earth resulting in an increase in global warming.
A: Gas Lair 100pts False
Q: Gas Lair 200pts This layer of the atmosphere is where weather happens.
A: Gas Lair 200pts Troposphere
Q: Gas Lair 300pts The chemical reaction that produces tropospheric ozone involves these three components.
A: Gas Lair 300pts NOx +VOC + UV
Q: Gas Lair 400pts This layer of the atmosphere contains what is left of the ozone layer.
A: Gas Lair 400pts Stratosphere
Q: Gas Lair 500pts The reason why temperature varies in the four layers of the atmosphre?
A: Gas Lair 500pts The way solar energy is absorbed as it moves down through each layer.
Q: Pollutin’ da outdoors 100pts What city hosted the treaty to ban CFC’s?
A: Pollutin’ da outdoors 100pts Montreal Ya think….the Montreal Protocol?
Q: Pollutin’ da outdoors 200pts This fossil fuel releases great amounts of SO 2 when burned.
A: Pollutin’ da outdoors 200pts COAL
Q: Pollutin’ da outdoors 300pts Which of the following is not one of the six criteria air pollutants designated by the EPA? a.Carbon dioxide b.Sulfur dioxide c.Nitrogen oxide d.Lead e.Particulate matter
A: Pollutin’ da outdoors 300pts A: Carbon Dioxide
Q: Pollutin’ da outdoors 400pts In 1952 the London Smog crisis where dark and cold weather led the population to burn more coal causing more cold and dark weather is a great example of which type of feedback?
A: Pollutin’ da outdoors 400pts Positive Feedback
Q: Pollutin’ da outdoors 500pts Oxides of nitrogen create this pollutant which causes acid rain.
A: Pollutin’ da outdoors 500pts Nitric acid or HNO3
Q: SPF Pts Two sources of CFC’s are/were.
A: SPF Pts Aerosols, Refrigerants
Q: SPF Pts UV radiation causes what in humans?
A: SPF Pts Skin cancer
In this atmospheric phenomenon cold, polluted air cannot rise because it is blocked by warm air high in the atmosphere. Q: SPF Pts
A: SPF Pts Thermal Inversion
This law set air quality standards for air and set limits on emissions. Q: SPF Pts
A: SPF Pts Clean Air Act
This tropospheric pollutant is produced through the interaction uv radiation, nitrogen oxides, and vocs. Q: SPF Pts
A: SPF Pts ozone
Q: What’s that smell? 100pts This air pollutant is produced from incomplete combustion
A: What’s that smell? 100pts Carbon Monoxide
Q: What’s that smell? 200pts The source of this gas is bedrock or soils
A: What’s that smell? 200pts radon
Q: What’s that smell? 300pts Name that air Pollutant…..Source: Plastic, Perfumes, Oils, Cleaning Products
A: What’s that smell? 300pts VOC’s
Q: What’s that smell? 400pts This indoor air pollutant can get into the bloodstream and be acutely deadly
A: What’s that smell? 400pts Carbon Monoxide
Q: What’s that smell? 500pts If you break me, I do not stop working. If you touch me, I may be snared. If you lose me, Nothing will matter. What am I?
A: What’s that smell? 500pts One’s Heart
Q: Spare Change 100 PTs The westerlies blow from A.East to West B.West to East C.North to South D.South to North E.Southeast
A: Spare Change 100 PTs B. West to East.
Q: Spare Change 200 PTs This pollutant found in batteries causes nervous system damage in humans
A: Spare Change 200 PTs Lead
Q: Spare Change 300 PTs Name pollutant besides Nox that is often cited as a cause for acid rain
A: Spare Change 300 PTs Sulfur dioxide Or SO2
Q: Spare Change 400 PTs The effect on the wind caused by Earth’s rotational forces is known as.
A: Spare Change 400 PTs Coriolis Effect
Based on the topic outline from the college board, pollution accounts for what percentage of the APES Exam? Q: Spare Change 500 PTs
A: Spare Change 500 PTs 25-30%