Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________
ID: A
Air and Climate
Short Answer
1. Where is Keeling’s carbon dioxide meter? Be specific...location and state.
2. Which states ratified the Kyoto Protocol first?
3. What is the Montreal Protocol?
4. The majority of the causes of air pollution are created from what process?
5. Complete the Greenhouse Effect diagram below. Label greenhouse gases and draw in the Ultraviolet
Radiation.
6. What is Sick Building Syndrome?
7. If CFCs are stable at the Earth’s surface, why were they banned in the US?
8. Why is Sick Building Syndrome more common in warm regions?
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9. If the ice mass on West Antartica, approximately the size of Greenland, were to melt, it would raise sea levels
by _____
10. Without the greenhouse effect, scientists estimate that the Earth would be ______ºC.
11. Name the two primary uses for CFCs.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 12. Polar stratospheric clouds have the ability to convert CFCS into
a. free oxygen molecules
c. nitric acid
b. carbon dioxide
d. free chlorine molecules
____ 13. In what year was the hole in the ozone layer first reported?
a. 1958
c. 1985
b. 1970
d. 1999
____ 14. Which of the following substances is NOT involved in the chemical reaction that creates smog?
a. volatile organic compounds
c. exhaust
b. sunlight
d. ozone
____ 15. In a temperature inversion, the layers of air from the surface to higher elevations are as follows:
a. cool, warm, cooler
c. warm, cool, cooler
b. cooler, cool, warm
d. cooler, warm, cool
____ 16. When did Kelling set-up his carbon dioxide meter?
a. 1985
c. 1958
b. 1970
d. 1999
____ 17. Why were chlorofluorocarbons used so widely in the past?
a. Nonflammable
c. Nonpoisonous
b. Non-corrosive in metal
d. all of the above
____ 18. Which of the following is NOT a adverse effect of high levels of ultraviolet light?
a. increased amount of carbon dioxide in
c. disruption of oceanic food chains
the atmosphere
b. disruption of photosynthesis
d. premature aging of the skin
____ 19. The belt of prevailing winds that is produced between 30°N and 60°N and 30°S and 60°S latitude is called
the
a. trade winds
c. westerlies
b. doldrum
d. polar easterlies
____ 20. Which of the following statements about El Niño is true?
a. El Niño produces storms in the northern Pacific
b. El Niño is the cold phase of the ENSO
c. El Niño produces winds in the western Pacific that push warm water eastward
d. El Niño is a long term change in the location of warm and cold water masses in the
Pacific Ocean
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____ 21. In what year was the Clean Air Act enacted by the US Congress?
a. 1970
c. 1985
b. 1958
d. 1999
____ 22. Acid rain is characterized by the presence of which compounds?
a. nitric acid and hydrochloric acid
c. sulfuric acid and nitric acid
b. sulfuric acid and hyrochloric acid
d. sulfuric acid and methane
____ 23. A device used to clean exhaust gases before they exit an automobile’s tailpipe is called a(n)
a. electrostatic precipitator
c. glass pack
b. catalytic converter
d. scrubber
____ 24. Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?
a. carbon dioxide
b. methane
c.
d.
water vapor
all of the above
____ 25. Acid rain can leach _______ from rock and soil, eventually leading to the suffocation of some aquatic life.
a. flourine
c. sodium
b. carbon
d. aluminum
____ 26. In which layer of the atmosphere will you find the ozone layer?
a. ionosphere
c. lithosphere
b. mesosphere
d. stratosphere
____ 27. Which of the following is the most acidic?
a. 7
b. 12
c.
d.
5.5
3.3
____ 28. Which of the following diseases would be a long term effect of exposure to air pollution
a. pneumoptosis
c. bronchitis
b. pneumonia
d. emphysema
____ 29. Which of the following is not true about the ozone layer?
a. It protects organisms from genetic mutations
b. It was created by man in the 1800s after the industrial revolution
c. It blocks ultraviolet radiation
d. It is destroyed by free radicals, like those formed by the breakdown of CFCs
____ 30. Normal precipitation has a pH of around
a. 7
b. 4
c.
d.
6
5.5
____ 31. The majority of sulfur dioxide produced by industry comes from:
a. oil refineries
c. chemical plants
b. dry cleaners
d. coal-burning power plants
____ 32. Which season, in the Northern Hemisphere, sees a decrease in atmospheric carbon dioxide due to natural
fluctuations?
a. fall
c. spring
b. summer
d. winter
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____ 33. Which of the following states has NOT ratified the Kyoto Protocol on its own?
a. Oregon
c. New York
b. Massachusetts
d. West Virginia
____ 34. Which of the following did the United States enthusiastically pledge to follow?
a. Kyoto Protocol
b. Montreal Protocol
c. a and b
d. none of the above
____ 35. Which of the following countries decided not to ratify the Kyoto Protocol?
a. United States
c. Canada
b. Russia
d. Australia
____ 36. Which of the following is not one of the four chemical causes of air pollution
a. volatile organic compounds
c. nitrogen oxide
b. sulfur dioxide
d. methane
____ 37. Which of the following is NOT a source of methane?
a. sewage
c. household compost
b. rice patties
d. fossil fuels
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Air and Climate
Answer Section
SHORT ANSWER
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Mauna Loa Volcano in Hawaii
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the NE 9, california, and oregon
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a pledge to sharply reduce CFC production
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burning fossil fuels
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uv radiation is bouncing around the atmosphere
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poor air quality indoors
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they break apart at high altitudes and destroy ozone
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buildings are sealed tightly to keep out heat
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20 feet
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10. ANS:
-16
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Propellents in spray cans AND Coolants in AC/Frig
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