Environmental Science Final Review: Chapter 18

The air pollutant lead caused which of the following?

Damage to the nervous system, especially in children

Aquatic ecosystems are harmed from air pollution primarily through

Deposition of acid rain, which releases aluminum ions, causing many kinds of fishes to die of clogged gills

The ozone layer is found at this location.

Lower Stratosphere

A secondary pollutant and component of photo-chemical smog

O3

The source of the ozone in the ozone layer is

Oxygen molecules gas interacting with uv light to produce ozone

Can be solid or liquid in form and can often aggravate asthma or bronchitis

Suspended Particles

Which of the following is NOT an area in which U.S. air pollution laws are deficient and could be addressed to improve air pollution in the United States?

The release of hazardous air pollutants has increased over the last century.

The atmosphere is at its warmest at this location.

Thermosphere

The section of the atmosphere responsible for our daily weather.

Troposphere

The section of the atmosphere with 75-80% of the mass of the atmosphere

Troposphere

All of the following methods are designed to prevent indoor air pollution EXCEPT

ban smoking indoors

A large cloud of dust and pollution that originates over Southeast Asia is

often a part of pollution over California

What do all photochemical reactions have in common?

they are activated by light