Earth Science: Air Pollution
Test Quiz
1. Humans cause a significant amount of air pollution by burning _____ fuels?
a. Natural
b. Electric
c. Organic
d. Fossil
e. Renewable
2. What effect of air pollution is caused by CFCs from spray cans getting released into the air?
a. Global warming
b. Damage to the ozone layer
c. Acid rain
d. Respiratory infections
e. All of the above
3. What effect of air pollution is caused when sulfur dioxide gets high into the atmosphere?
a. Global warming
b. Damage to the ozone layer
c. Acid rain
d. Respiratory infections, lung cancer, and heart disease
e. All of the above
4. What effect of air pollution causes millions of people to die each year?
a. Global warming
b. Damage to the ozone layer
c. Acid rain
d. Respiratory infections, lung cancer, and heart disease
e. All of the above
5. What color of the Air Quality Index lets us know that the air outside is 'unhealthy'?
a. Green
b. Yellow
c. Orange
d. Red
e. Maroon
6. What color of the Air Quality Index lets us know that the air outside is 'good'?
a. Green
b. Yellow
c. Orange
d. Red
e. Maroon
7. What do we call the actual gas or substance that causes air pollution?
a. Carbon Dioxide
b. Fossil fuel
c. Acid rain
d. Chemical
e. Pollutant
8. What odorless gas is produced by cars and can kill you if you breathe too much of it?
a. Sulfur dioxide
b. Carbon dioxide
c. Carbon monoxide
d. CFCs
e. Particulate matter
9. What greenhouse gas with the chemical formula CO2 is released by the burning of fossil fuels?
a. Sulfur dioxide
b. Carbon dioxide
c. Carbon monoxide
d. CFCs
e. Particulate matter
10. What is the biggest single cause of air pollution?
a. Factories
b. Air conditioning
c. Forest fires
d. Transport such as cars
e. Corporations
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