What's all that Racket
Who Farted
The Sky Is Falling (Ozone)
Public Policy
Misc
100
Unwanted or disturbing sounds.
What is Noise Pollution
100
78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% CO2 and trace elements.
What is Air
100
Pollution caused by ground level ozone.
What is Smog
100
Legislation passed in 1971 to control air pollution.
What is the Clean Air Act
100
This is the most important step of constructing a paper.
What is Synthesis.
200
This quiet, environmentally friendly vehicle has recently experience problems with fires.
What is Chevy Volt?
200
Number of people that die each year from air pollution in the U.S.
What is 50,000 people?
200
Pollution that comes from VOCs mixed with nitrous oxides in the present of sunlight.
What is Bad ozone
200
This government agency regulates environmental pollution.
What is the EPA (Enivronmental Protection Agency)
200
This Nickelodeon animated show featured the antics of two ill-tempered, large semi-aquatic rodents.
What is Angry Beavers
300
Noise is measured by this unit.
What is decibels?
300
A respiratory condition is caused by over admittance of air pollution.
What is asthma?
300
The mix of Nitrous oxides (NOX) and Volatile Orgainic Compounds (VOC) becomes ozone when exposed to this.
What is sunlight?
300
In 2007, this association claimed that almost half (46 percent) of all Americans resided in counties with unhealthy levels of either ozone or particle pollution.
What is American Lung Association?
300
This pop stars titilating Super Bowl halftime mishap was quite a scandal in 2008.
What is Janet Jackson
400
High blood pressure, hearing loss, cognitive impairments, and irritablity.
What are side effects of noise pollution?
400
This type of power plant has the most stringent limit for sulfur dioxide emissons.
What is Coal-fired power plant?
400
The most widespreadoutdoor pollutant, according to the Lung Association's State of the Air 2010 report.
What is unhealthy levels of ozone?
400
This recent enivornmental treaty, held in Japan, was not signed by the United States. :(
What is Kyoto Protocol?
400
This percentage is the amount of water that makes up the brain.
What is 80 percent?
500
Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA administrator established this group to investigate and study noise and its effects on the public. Then in 1981 this groups responsibilities were then passed down to the state and local governments.
What is Office of Noise Abatement and Control (ONAC)
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Riding a two-stroke jet ski produces as much air pollution as driving a car for this many miles. (ballpark range)
What is 70,000 miles?
500
The worst location in Europe for ozone pollution is located here.
What is the borders of Poland, Czech Republic and Germany (where they meet)?
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY (Case Study) This group was formed to fix the noise pollution of a public's swimming pool motor. In the process it gave rise to new legislation.In 1997, they helped establish A New Noise policy. This policy gave three grounds from which noise from a domestic pool pump can give rise to a nuisance complaint. 1. This noise heard from household rooms. 2. Noise affects area of land it occupies. 3. Noise can be heard at boundary of place.
What is CAUSE (Campaign Against Unnecessary Suburban Electric-noises)?
500
Most lipstick is partially made from this.
What is fish scales?
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