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