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a. Primary pollutants
b. Secondary pollutants
c. Fugitive emission
d. Natural pollutants
e. Conventional pollutants
9. Which of the following is an extremely hazardous gas produced by the
incomplete burning of fossil fuels?
a. Ozone
b. Carbon dioxide
c. Lead
d. Nitrous oxide
e. Carbon monoxide
10.What is the chemical formula for ozone?
a. O
b. O2
c. O3
d. CO2
e. NH4
11.Which statement most accurately describes a temperature inversion?
a. A stable layer of warmer air over cooler air
b. An unstable layer of warm air over cooler air
c. A layer of cooler air over warmer air
d. A mixing of all the layers of the atmosphere
e. A layer of ozone concentrated in the stratosphere
12.Which of the following is an indoor air pollutant found in particle board,
furniture, wallpaper and carpeting?
a. Ozone
b. Nitrous oxide
c. Radon
d. Formaldehyde
e. MBTE
13.Runoff from construction sites is an example of which of the following?
a. Primary pollution
b. Secondary pollution
c. Fugitive emissions
d. Heat island
e. Tertiary sewage
14.Phasing out the use of CFCs and reducing smog is covered under which of
the following?
a. Clean water act
b. Safe drinking water act
c. Clean air act
d. Fugitive emissions act
e. Environmental protection agency
15.Which of the following is a point source of water pollution?
a. Smoke stack
b. Outflow pipe
c. Runoff from streams
d. Melt water
e. Soil erosion
24.A weakening of the trade winds and a warming of the surface ocean waters
may indicate which of the following? 45
a. La Nina
b. El Nino
c. Rising sea levels
d. Global climate change
e. An increase in stratospheric ozone
25.How long is the average residence time of a molecule of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere? 46
a. 1 year
b. 10 years
c. 100 years
d. 1000 years
e. 10, 000 years
26.A rapid increase in CO2 in the atmosphere coincided with which of the
following events? 47
a. The industrial revolution
b. The Kyoto Protocol
c. Thinning of the ozone layer
d. Invention of the automobile
e. Establishment of the EPA
27.Which of the following is currently the MOST significant source of methane?
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a. Cultivation of rice
b. Wastewater management
c. Coal mining
d. Natural gas processing
e. Landfills
28.Which layer of the atmosphere contains nearly all of the atmospheric ozone?
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a. Troposphere
b. Stratosphere
c. Mesosphere
d. Mesopause
e. Thermosphere
29.A La Nina event will bring warm winters to which part of the United States?
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a. Northeast
b. South
c. Northwest
d. Southeast
e. Midwest
30.How much warmer is the Earth today than it was during the last Ice Age? 58
a. 1-3 degrees F
b. 5-9 degrees F
c. 12-15 degrees F
d. 20-25 degrees F
e. 35 degrees F
31.What would be the average temperature on Earth if the Green house effect
did not exist? 60
a. O degrees F
b. 25 degrees F
c. 65 degrees F
d. 100 degrees F
e. 135 degrees F
32.Which of the following would be a result of higher temperatures on Earth? 61
a. A decrease in precipitation worldwide
b. An increase in precipitation worldwide
c. A decrease in precipitation at lower latitudes and an increase in
precipitation at higher latitudes.
d. An increase in precipitation at lower latitudes and a decrease in
precipitation at higher latitudes.
e. An increase in evaporation worldwide but the precipitation rates would
not change.
33.Which of the following molecules is most damaging to good ozone levels?
a. H2O
b. CO2
c. Chlorofluorocarbons
d. N2O
e. SO2
34.Which of the following best describes the effects of a thermal inversion?
a. Cold ocean water moves to the surface and warm water sinks
b. Warm polluted air rises and mixes with cool upper air and pollution
escapes
c. Warm river water cools when it enters the ocean
d. Polluted air at the surface cannot rise because it is blocked by warm air
above it.
e. Cool air descends onto a city and lowers nighttime temperatures
35.During El Nino Southern Oscillation, weather events change in which of the
following areas?
a. The Pacific and Indian Oceans
b. The Atlantic and Indian Oceans
c. The Arctic Sea
d. The Indian and Antarctic Oceans
e. The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans