UNIT 7 MCQ

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Atmospheric mercury is an outcome from what?

coal-burning power plants

COx is a primary pollutant produced from burning what?

coal

Clean air act can regulate what?

lead since 1990

clean air act cap-and-trade program control what?

SO2

to control ground level ozone we have to?

decrease NOx

using biomass for energy production can cause?

local deforestation

during the generation of electricity, one of the most air pollutant produced came from?

Fuel oil

a natural way COx gets into the atmosphere is through?

organic decomposition

in the old generation what was in gasoline that is now banned?

lead

radon can be found where? and what negative consequence can it have?

in rocks, and lung cancer.

mercury can be found where when eaten in large quantities?

fish

photochemical formation occurs when there is combustion of?

fossil fuel

CO2 can be found at home where?

waste, poop, manure, municipal of decomposed matter.

inversion temperature is: cool air→ warm air→ cooler air

what is normal weather?

warm air→ cool air→ cooler air

air layers closer to earth are?

denser

sunlight in winter times come out at what time?

8:00 AM

in summer time, sunlight peaks at?

12:00+ PM

NOx reacts to?

sunlight ( UV )

one effect photochemical smog have on the human body is?

eye and lung irritation

hydrogen carbon fuel gives off?

CO2, NOx, VOCs

to make the tropospheric layer it needs?

NO2, VOCs, O2, and Sunlight

NO can be produced through?

high area of traffic

smog formation occurs from?

sunlight + vehicle traffic

cargo ships can release what?

CO2

thermal inversions causes pollutants to be trapped near the earth surface which can cause?

respiratory problems

CO2 can be produced naturally through?

volcanic eruptions

to further a experiment and to create less variables we must?

go for a larger sample size

well insulated homes can be lethal since ______ can get in.

radon

developed countries are more likely to be sick from?

outside from their house

Electrostatic precipitators removes what from smokestack emissions?

PM

catalytic convertor can decrease?

photochemical smog

coal ash contains of?

massive level of toxic chemicals

wet scrubber is used for what in coal burning power plants?

SO2 emissions

limestone contains?

calcium carbonate

limestone can help with what?

used as a base to decrease acidity

sulfur oxides is correlated to?

acid deposition