Air Pollution

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Theme 1 Prompt 100 Points

• Point sources of pollution include all of the
  following except?
• An automobile tailpipe
• b. a factory smokestack
• c. A drainpipe from a power plant
• d. Run-ff from a cropland

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Theme 1 Response 100 Points
d. Run-off from cropland
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Theme 1 Prompt 200 Points

• Nonpoint sources of pollution include all of the
  following except
• Pesticides dispersed by airplane and wind onto a
  crop
• Runoff from a stockyard
• A smokestack from a power plant
• Fertilizer runoff from lawns

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Theme 1 Response 200 Points
c. A smokestack from a power plant
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Theme 1 Prompt 300 Points

• In 1987, 36 nations in Montreal, Canada,
  developed the Montreal Protocol to reduce
  production of
• Carbon dioxide
• Nitrous oxide
• CFCs
• Toxic wastes

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Theme 1 Response 300 Points
c. CFCs
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Theme 1 Prompt 400 Points

• In models of global warming, the most important
  factor contributing to an increase in sea level
  is
• Thermal expansion of the oceans
• Increased precipitation
• Decreased evaporation
• Subsurface ocean cooling
• Growth of the polar ice caps

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Theme 1 Response 400 Points
a. Thermal expansion of the oceans
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Theme 1 Prompt 500 Points

• All of the following gases have been implicated
  in contributing to the increase in global
  temperatures via the greenhouse effect EXCEPT
• O2
• CH4
• N2O
• CO2
• CFCs

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Theme 1 Response 500 Points
a. O2
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Theme 2 Prompt 100 Points

• The correct sequence of layers of the atmosphere
  from innermost to outermost is
• mesosphere-stratosphere-thermosphere-troposphere
• Troposphere-stratosphere-mesosphere-thermosphere
• Stratosphere- thermosphere- troposphere-
  mesosphere
• Thermosphere-stratosphere-mesosphere-troposphere

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Theme 2 Response 100 Points
b. troposphere-stratosphere-mesosphere-thermospher
e
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Theme 2 Prompt 200 Points

• Photochemical smog is formed when primary
  pollutants interact with
• Sunlight
• Water vapor
• Sulfur dioxide
• oxygen

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Theme 2 Response 200 Points
a. sunlight
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Theme 2 Prompt 300 Points

• Primary pollutants from burning coal include all
  of the following except
• Carbon monoxide
• Sulfur dioxide
• Soot
• ozone

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Theme 2 Response 300 Points
c. Ozone
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Theme 2 Prompt 400 Points

• All of the following are EPAs four most
  dangerous indoor air pollutants list except
• Asbestos
• Radon-222
• Sulfur dioxide
• Cigarette smoke

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Theme 2 Response 400 Points
c. Sulfur dioxide
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Theme 2 Prompt 500 Points

• Pipe insulation and vinyl ceiling and floor tiles
  may be sources of
• Chloroform
• Formaldehyde
• Carbon monoxide
• asbestos

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Theme 2 Response 500 Points
c. asbestos
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Theme 3 Prompt 100 Points

• Human health problems closely associated with
  ozone depletion include all of the following
  except
• Skin cancer
• Eye cataracts
• Increased incidence of heart disease
• Suppression of the immune response

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Theme 3 Response 100 Points
c. Increased incidence of heart disease
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Theme 3 Prompt 200 Points

• In the 1980s, researchers discovered a _____
  loss of ozone in the upper stratosphere over the
  Antarctic during the Antarctic springtime
• 5-10
• 20-25
• 40-50
• 70-80

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Theme 3 Response 200 Points
c. 40-50
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Theme 3 Prompt 300 Points

• CFCs take _______ years to reach the stratosphere
• 1-2
• 5-10
• 10-20
• 20-30

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Theme 3 Response 300 Points
c. 10-20
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Theme 3 Prompt 400 Points

• The ozone layer is most effective in blocking
• UV-C, the highest-energy UV band
• UV-B, the middle-energy UV band
• UV-A, the lowest-energy UV band
• CFCs

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Theme 3 Response 400 Points
a. UV-C, the highest-energy UV band
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Theme 3 Prompt 500 Points

• Chlorofluorocarbons are used in all of the
  following except
• Air conditioners
• Aerosol spray cans
• Sterilants for hospital equipment
• Fire extinguishers

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Theme 3 Response 500 Points
d. Fire extinguishers
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Theme 4 Prompt 100 Points

• Is an important precursor to acid rain
• Carbon dioxide
• Carbon monoxide
• Methane
• Radon
• Sulfur dioxide

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Theme 4 Response 100 Points
e. Sulfur dioxide
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Theme 4 Prompt 200 Points

• Has been implicated as the cause of as much as 15
  percent of lung cancer cases
• Carbon dioxide
• Carbon monoxide
• Methane
• Radon
• Sulfur dioxide

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Theme 4 Response 200 Points
d. radon
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Theme 4 Prompt 300 Points

• Photosynthesis is the major source of which of
  the following gases in Earths atmosphere?
• CO2
• H2O (water vapor)
• O2
• H2
• N2

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Theme 4 Response 300 Points
c. O2
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Theme 4 Prompt 400 Points

• The major source of radon in houses in the United
  States is
• Furniture and carpets
• The underlying bedrock
• The troposphere
• Nuclear power plants
• Fossil-fuel combustion

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Theme 4 Response 400 Points
b. The underlying bedrock
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Theme 4 Prompt 500 Points

• Is the major pollutant that electrostatic
  precipitators are designed to remove from
  power-plant smokestack emissions
• Sulfur dioxide
• Lead
• Ozone
• Hydrocarbons
• Particulates

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Theme 4 Response 500 Points
e. particulates
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Theme 5 Prompt 100 Points

• Increased greenhouse gases originate from
• Burning fossil fuels
• Use of CFCs
• Deforestation
• All of these answers

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Theme 5 Response 100 Points
d. All of these answers
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Theme 5 Prompt 200 Points

• The major greenhouse gases include all of the
  following except
• Chlorofluorocarbons
• Carbon dioxide and water vapor
• Sulfur dioxide
• Ozone and nitrous oxide

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Theme 5 Response 200 Points
c. sulfur dioxide
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Theme 5 Prompt 300 Points

• Estimated variations in Earths mean surface
  temperature over the past 135 years correlate
  closely with
• Ozone
• Water vapor
• CFCs
• Carbon dioxide

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Theme 5 Response 300 Points
d. Carbon dioxide
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Theme 5 Prompt 400 Points

• The treat of global warming can be addressed by
• Using energy more efficiently
• Halting deforestation
• Slowing population growth
• All of these answers

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Theme 5 Response 400 Points
d. All of these answers
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Theme 5 Prompt 500 Points

• A warmer world is least likely to result in
• Decreased food production
• Reductions in biodiversity
• A rise in sea level
• More moderate weather

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Theme 5 Response 500 Points
d. More moderate weather
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THINK 5!!!!!
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The Daily Double
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