Q.1
Which air pollutant scars the lungs?
  • radon
  • fungi
  • asbestos
Q.2
Which is not part of correcting sick-building syndrome?
  • removing sources of indoor air pollution
  • sealing cracks where air leaks into the building
  • cleaning air ducts
  • improving ventilation
Q.3
The Clean Air Act is federal law that regulates levels of air pollution produced from
  • Transportation and factories
  • Private homes only
  • Power plants only
  • Transportation, factories, power plants, and private homes
Q.4
The air pollution prevention device used by coal & oil burning power plants, for SOx and particulates removal, is most likely a combination of which two of these?
  • electrostatic precipitator
  • wet scrubber
  • cyclone separator
  • Both A & B
Q.5
Which is a natural indoor air pollutant?
  • carbon monoxide
  • radon
  • nitrogen oxide
  • All of above
Q.6
A colorless, odorless gas that decreases the blood's ability to carry oxygen. Can cause faintness, death.
  • Nitrogen oxides
  • Ground-level ozone
  • Carbon monoxide
  • Sulfur dioxide
Q.7
An air pollution prevention mechanism found in vehicles.
  • combustion chamber
  • electrostatic precipitator
  • scrubber
  • catalytic converter
Q.8
What is a primary pollutant?
  • pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities
  • pollutants that react with other primary pollutants
Q.9
What is a secondary pollutant?
  • pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities
  • pollutants that react with other primary pollutants
Q.10
Global warming is due to
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Nitric and sulfuric acids
  • CFCs
  • Ozone depletion
Q.11
Indoor air pollution
  • Carpets
  • cleaning fluids
  • asbestos
  • All of above
Q.12
Which device helps clean car exhausts?
  • electrostatic precipitator
  • catalytic converter
  • scrubber
Q.13
Which pair below are the two main sources of air pollution in urban areas?
  • vehicles, volcanoes
  • vehicles, industries
  • industries, agriculture
Q.14
Which of the following is true of air pollution and human health?
  • years of research link air pollution to lung diseases
  • air pollution is listed often as cause of death
  • there are no health effects from polluted air
  • healthy adults do not need to worry about air pollution
Q.15
Can occur in tightly sealed buildings
  • disease
  • air pollution
  • sick-building syndrome
Q.16
Noise pollution side effects include
  • headache, eye irritation, couching, bronchitis
  • emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease
  • causes stress, high blood pressure, hearing loss
Q.17
Atmospheric condition that traps pollution near the ground
  • primary pollutant
  • temperature inversion
  • particulate matter
Q.18
Short term effects of air pollution
  • headache, eye irritation, coughing, bronchitis
  • emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease
  • causes stress, high blood pressure, hearing loss
Q.19
Long term effects of air pollution
  • headache, eye irritation, coughing, bronchitis
  • emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease
  • stress, hearing loss, high blood pressure
Q.20
Volatile organic compounds
  • are tiny particles of liquid or solid matter
  • are produced by chemical interactions between sulfur and oxygen
  • are an odorless, colorless poisonous gas
  • are organic chemicals that form toxic fumes
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