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The South Coast Air Basin is a region with extremely poor air quality because of.. a) radiation inversions that form during the morning hours b) the mountains around the periphery of the basin c) location in the southern rather than the northern part of California d) the lack of storms during the winter
What is b.
100
___________ is an ozone destruction catalyst that appears to originate from the use of soil fumigants and certain types of fire-suppression systems.
What is Atomic Bromine
100
_______ is a fibrous mineral that was used as high-temperature-resistant insulation, since it cannot burn.
What is Asbestos.
100
____________________________ established a unified governmental program to regulate air, water, and land pollution issues, called the _______________________.
What is The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 (CAAA70); Environmental Protection Agency.
100
The _______________ gas in tobacco smoke leads to heart disease.
What is carbon monoxide
200
When does the ozone in smog reach its highest levels in LA and why?
What is summer, because of the higher sunlight intensity.
200
____________________ is a modern term used for “secondhand smoke”. Measured at the source point, there can be more carbon monoxide in this than in primary smoke because the cigarette is __________ rather than being actively smoked.
What is Environmental Tobacco Smoke; smoldering
200
Basal and squamous cell _________ may be the result of excessive ultraviolet radiation exposure, which will be easier to do when the ozone layer becomes depleted.
What is carcinoma
200
In the ______________________, radiation emitted by the atmosphere warms the Earth’s surface, adding to the warming by sunlight.
What is the atmospheric greenhouse effect.
200
The Ozone Hole occurs over the ___ during their early ___ season.
What is South Pole; spring
300
Peak levels of carbon monoxide in the SCAB are formed where and when?
What is in the winter & coastal plains.
300
Carpets are not long-term sources of indoor formaldehyde because they have large surface areas exposed to air, which allows a quick gas-off. Instead, composite wood products, such as _________, are one of the long-term formaldehyde sources. The culprit is the______ in the wood product.
What is particleboard; glue
300
The ozone hole over the South Pole appears in the______ season and is thought to be a result of the formation of a ____________ in the circulation from extremely cold air over Antarctica.
What is spring; circumpolar vortex
300
The three major sources of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions are, from largest to smallest...
What are , fossil fuel combustion, deforestation, and cement production.
300
Why does all of the solar Ultraviolet-A radiation reach the ground?
Ultraviolet-A radiation does not have enough energy per photon to photodissociate atmospheric gases
400
Carbon monoxide concentrations are highest when?
What is in the morning and the winter season.
400
Radon-222 is a decay product or ________ of radioisotope solids in the soil. Radon-222 is able to move through the soil and enter homes because it is a ____ rather than a solid that cannot move through the soil.
What is PROGENY; gas
400
For elevated pollution sources (such as a smokestack), it is better for people when they are _________ of the source of the pollution, or when the atmosphere is ______.
What is upwind; stable
400
The increased incidence of indoor air pollution may be attributed to making homes more
What is energy efficient.
400
This gas prevents Ultraviolet-C radiation from reaching the ground.
What is molecular oxygen.
500
Chlorofluorocarbons destroy ozone because?
What is because they have long tropospheric lifetimes, and release atomic chlorine when they reach the ozone layer
500
List two ways for radon gas to get inside a house.
What are: Infiltration through the house's foundation Dissolved in the house's water supply
500
Stationary sources of air pollution are generally regulated by an _____________________, while mobile sources are regulated by ______________, with the cooperation of the California State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
What is air quality management district in California; California Air Resource Board
500
The EPA enacted________________ in order to ensure that all people could live in conditions that are free of environmental pollutants.
What is the “Environmental Justice”
500
ozone is kept at a steady-state concentration in the ozone layer
What is in the Chapman cycle.
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