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Unit 5 HW Packet
Ch. 19, part 1 (pgs. 392-400)
1. List the four most common gases in the atmosphere:
a.
b.
c.
d.
2. What are the major Primary Air Pollutants:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
3. Define Secondary Air Pollutant.
4. List 2 reasons that particulate matter is dangerous:
a.
b.
5. Describe the effects of lead on human health.
6. List 3 effects of nitrogen oxides.
a.
b.
c.
7. List 2 effects of sulfur oxides.
a.
b.
8. What 2 elements make up the hydrocarbons? ________________ and ____________________.
9. How does tropospheric ozone differ from stratospheric ozone?
10. Define Hazardous Air Pollutant.
11. What are the 2 sources of outdoor air pollution?
a.
b.
12. Define photochemical smog.
13. What is a VOC?
14. How do temperature inversions occur?
15. List 2 diseases that can be caused by air pollution.
a.
b.
16. Why are children particularly susceptible to the effects of air pollution?
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Ch. 19, part 2 (pgs. 400-406)
1. List 3 technologies to remove particulate matter.
a.
b.
c.
2. How do electrostatic precipitators work? (see picture on pg. 401).
3. How do scrubbers work? (see picture on pg. 401).
4. Describe Phase 1 of vapor recovery at a gas station.
5. Describe Phase 2 of vapor recovery at a gas station.
6. What does a catalytic converter do for exhausts?
7. How does a Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) work?
8. What did the 1990 amendments of the Clean Air Act focus on?
9. What is the chemical formula of ozone?
10. Define stratospheric ozone thinning.
11. What role does CFCs play in ozone thinning?
12. What 2 conditions are necessary for the annual ozone thinning to occur?
13. What type of cloud is involved in ozone thinning? ______________________________
14. One chlorine molecule can break up how many ozone molecules?
15. List 3 human health issues associated with ozone thinning.
a.
b.
___________
c.
16. How does UV radiation affect Antarctic phytoplankton?
17. What did the Montreal Protocol stipulate?
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Ch. 19, part 3 (pgs. 407-415)
1. What is acid deposition?
2. What is normal rain’s pH?
3. How do tall smokestacks make acid deposition an international issue?
4. What is acid deposition’s relationship with aluminum?
5. How does acid deposition affect the calcium level in the soil?
6. How is forest decline related to acid deposition?
7. What role did cap-and-trade play in acid deposition reduction?
8. Why is air pollution worse in a developing country?
9. What is the global distillation effect?
10. List 2 common sources of indoor air pollution.
a.
b.
11. What level of radon warrants corrective action?
12. Where does the Reading Prong run?
13. Why is there a correlation between energy efficient homes and higher indoor air pollution?
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Ch. 20, part 1 (pgs. 419-425)
1. What is the Earth’s average temperature based on?
2. What is the goal of the IPCC?
3. List 5 greenhouse gases?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
4. What is a greenhouse gas?
5. Why is burning vegetation doubly bad in terms of CO2 being released?
6. Define infrared radiation.
7. Define radiative forcing.
8. What 2 trends are noticed in the figure 20.2 on page 421?
a.
b.
9. What is the “enhanced” greenhouse effect?
10. How is increased water vapor “positive feedback” of global warming?
11. What is the aerosol effect?
12. How could low-lying clouds cause “negative feedback” on global warming?
13. How could changes in the Ocean Conveyor Belt effect climate?
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Ch. 20, part 2 (pgs. 425-432)
1. List 2 causes of sea level rise:
a.
b.
2. What gas is released as permafrost melts?
3. How has climate change impacted precipitation?
4. What other future precipitation changes do we expect?
5. How does climate change effect flowering times?
6. How does climate change effect aquatic species?
7. How does climate change effect coral reefs?
8. Describe possible effects of climate change on human health?
9. Look at the maps on the bottom of page 430, what is the difference between the 1990 map and the
2006 map?
10. Why is it harder for a developing country to respond to the challenges of climate change?
11. Describe the unequal population and pollution levels and how they relate to climate change.
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Ch. 20, part 3 (pgs. 432-435)
1. Why can’t we immediately stop greenhouse gas emissions?
2. Define mitigation in terms of climate change.
3. Define adaptation in terms of climate change.
4. How can regulatory programs and costs affect climate change?
5. What is Carbon Sequestration?
6. What role do trees have in Carbon Sequestration?
7. How do perspectives on climate change of highly developed countries differ from those of less
developed countries?
8. What was the goal of the Kyoto Protocol?
9. When did the EPA get authority to manage CO2 as an air pollutant?
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