APES Pollution Practice

PH SCALE-X quesiton

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Which of the following are direct products of the use of hydrocarbon fuels in Automobile engines?

CO2, NO2, and VOCs

Has a stronger affinity for hemoglobin than oxygen has

Carbon Monoxide

Which of the following is a primary air pollutant proceed from burning coal?

Carbon Monoxide

Which of the following would most likely reduce the concentration of ground-level ozone in the air of a city?

Decrease in the emissions of nitrogen oxides

A leading cause of lung cancer in the US is

Radon

Which of the following air pollutants is correctly paired with one of its major effects?

Sulfur oxides- Acid Rain

NOISE EXPOSURE PARAGRAPH-Birth Defects

There is insufficient evidence to support that noise exposure induces birth defects in humans

Air pollution Graph by Region

Use of biomass fuel sources such as wood or charcoal for cooking

Composed of fibers known to cause lung disease

Asbestos

The graph below depicts various components of smog for a densely populated urban area in the Northern Hemisphere. Which of the different components of smog depicted in the graph are most likely released from automobile exhaust?

B, C, D

Which of the following curves on the graph depicts the concentration of ozone, which requires sunlight to form?

C

Catalytic converters reduce whcih of the following pairs of pollutants in car exhaust?

Carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons

Recent studies have found that fine particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less can have negative human health effects. Which of the following correctly links a negative human health effect to an anthropogenic source of fine particulate matter?

High rates of respiratory disease from power plant emissions

Important factors that contribute to smog formation in LA basin unclude which of the following I. Ample Summer Sunshine II. Sea-Level Elevation III. High Concentration of automobiles

I and III

Scientists have observed that the health of people living in moderately developed regions, which have developed transportation and industry but lack environmental control measures, is more likely to be affected by urban outdoor pollution than by indoor air pollution. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the data presented in the graph?

In moderately developed regions such as China and Latin America, an individual's health is more or as likely to be affected by urban outdoor pollution than by indoor pollution.

Which of the following describes a potential human health effect most likely to be associated with a thermal inversion?

Increase in respiratory irritation due to increased levels of fine airborne particulate.

Found in old plumbing pipes and fixtures and some ceramix glazes

Lead

Was once widely used in the United States as a gasoline additive

Lead

The presence of which of the following in soil is likely to neutralize acid rain?

Limestone

NOISE EXPOSURE PARAGRAPH- Major health problem?

Noise exposure is on the increase in both industrialized and in developing regions

PH SCALE- The arrow represents the aprx. pH of which of the following?

Normal Rainfall

Considered harmful in the troposphere but benificial in the startoshpere

Ozone

An engineer is the task of reducing the air pollutants being released from power plant to determine which techniques and methods would be most effective at reducing air pollution that generates electricity by burning coal . engineer a variety of computer simulations generated by the plant . The pollutant that computer simulations would likely show as being the most reduced by the Installation of baghouse filters in exhaust systems

Particulates

What is the major pollutant that electrostatic precipitators are designed to remove from powerplant smokestack emissions?

Particulates

Consumers who get their electricity from coal-fired power plants are not paying the true cost of energy production in their monthly utility bills. Which of the following is true about utility bills for these consumers?

The bills do not include public health costs, such as those associated with air pollution.

Acid Rain is associated with which of the following.

The burning of fossil fuels

All of the following are likely consequences of indoor air pollution EXCEPT an increase ina. The development and exacerbation of asthma

The risk of developing skin cancer

Which of the following best explains the cause of the trend shown in the graph for lead emissions in the UIS from 1970 to 2001?

Unleaded gasoline was first introduced in 1974, and amendments to the Clean Air Act required cars with the model year 1975 or later to use only unleaded gasoline.

Which of the following sources should be examined in a study to determine the impact of geological source on levels of CO2 in the atmosphere?

Volcanoes

The figure below illustrates how a thermal inversion can form under major urban centers... Which of the following shows the correct sequence of thermal layers as one moves vertically upwards from the surface of the Earth?

Warm Sea Breeze @Warm @ Cool

Which of the following is used to reduce SO2 emissions from coal-burning power plants?

Wet-scrubber units

The primary cause of acidic rainfall in the Northeastern United States is

burning of sulfer-containing fossil fuels to produce electricity

A major source of radon in houses in the US is

underlying bedrock

The Majority of atmospheric mercury is produced by...

volitazation of lead-based paint