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100
When harmful substances build up in the air to unhealthy levels, the result
What is air pollution?
100
Buildings that have very poor air quality have a condition.
What is sick-building syndrome?
100
Which of the following substances is not involved in the chemical reaction that produces smog?
What is ozone?
100
Which of the following numbers on the pH scale would indicate that a substance is acidic?
What is none of the above?
100
Which of the following air pollutants is not a primary pollutant?
What is sulfur dioxide?
200
A pollutant that is put directly into the air by human activity.
What is primary pollution?
200
Several minerals that form in long, thin fibers and that are valued for their strength and resistance to heat.
What is asbestos?
200
Which of the following respiratory diseases is considered a long-term effect of air pollution on human health?
What is all of the above?
200
What is the biggest cause of air pollution??
What is volcanic eruptions?
300
Form when primary pollutants react with other primary pollutants or with naturally occurring substances such as water vapor.
What is secondary pollution?
300
Precipitation such as rain, sleet, or snow that contains a high concentration of acids.
What is acid precipitation?
300
Which of the following substances is a colorless, tasteless, and odorless radioactive gas?
What is radon?
300
Normal precipitation has a pH of?
What is 5.6.?
300
Which of the following releases the most primary pollutants into the air?
What is manufacturing plants?
400
When air pollution hangs over urban areas and reduces visibility.
What is smog?
400
Number is a measure of how acidic or basic a substance is.
What is pH?
400
A sound measuring 40 dB has how many times the intensity of a sound that measures?
What is 4 times?
400
The majority of sulfur dioxide produced by industry comes from?
What is coal-burning power plants?
400
Which of the following is a long-term health effect of air pollution?
What is emphysema?
500
Occurs when the air above in warmer than the air below.
What is temperature inversion?
500
This sudden influx of acidic water that causes a rapid change in the water’s pH.
What is acid shock?
500
Which of the following choices is not an effective solution to the energy waste related to inefficient lighting?
What is pointing lights on billboards and street signs upward?
500
A device used to clean exhaust gases before they exit an automobile’s tailpipe is called a(n)?
What is None of the above?
500
Which of the following statements is true?
What is Noise pollution occurs at low decibel levels?
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