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The Atmosphere and Air PollutionNitrogen and oxygen - answer What are the two most common gases in Earth's
atmosphere?
Concentration of ozone. - answer The stratosphere has a greater ______ than the
troposphere.
Nitrogen. - answer Of the following gases in Earth's atmosphere, which one is least
chemically reactive?
The air is less dense than at sea level. - answer Which of the following statements is
true of air outside an airplane cruising at an altitude of 35,000 feet?
Solar energy hits Earth near the equator more directly and thus is less spread out than
solar energy hitting Earth near the poles. - answer Which of the following best explains
why Earth is so much warmer near the equator than near the poles?
Near 30 north and south latitude - answerWhere are the descending air flows of the
Hadley cells located?
Warm air rises from the Earth's surface through the troposphere becoming cooler and
releasing precipitation as it rises. - answerWhich of the following occurs as air circulates
in the atmosphere?
The rotation of Earth. - answerThe Coriolis effect is caused by?
In areas where there is a large difference in temperature between land and ocean. -
answerMonsoons form?
Winds blowing from the west in the middle latitudes. - answerWhich of the following
correctly describes the westerlies?
In areas of low atmospheric pressure. - answerMajor storms form?
Located in the upper troposphere, near the boundary between the Ferrel and Polar
cells. - answerThe polar jet streams are?
A city with a mean June precipitation of 5 cm and high variance. - answerWhich of the
following locations is most likely to experience a flooding June rainstorm with
precipitation of greater than 6 cm?
, The Dust Bowl occurred in the 1930s as a result of poor farming practices combined
with an ongoing drought. - answerWhich of the following accurately describes the Dust
Bowl?
Weather is a description of short-term atmospheric conditions, while climate is a
description of average atmospheric conditions over a long period of time. - answerHow
do weather and climate differ?
Nitrogen oxides are formed when atmospheric nitrogen is heated to high temperatures
in the presence of atmospheric oxygen. - answerWhich of the following correctly
identifies the origin of nitrogen oxides?
The incomplete combustion of fossil fuels. - answerWhat is they key source of carbon
monoxide released into the atmosphere?
Acid precipitation - answerThe release of sulfur oxides into the atmosphere results in
the formation of?
Decreased as a result of the ban on the use of lead in gasoline. - answerIn the United
States, the concentration of lead in the atmosphere has recently?
Tropospheric; secondary - answer_____ ozone is a _____ pollutant formed during a
series of reactions involving VOCs and nitrogen oxide.
Soot. - answerWhich of the following is an air pollutant that would be classified as a
particulate?
Mid-Atlantic region from northern South America to Africa. - answerCarbon monoxide
pollution is caused by the incomplete combustion of organic fuel such as fossil fuels and
wood. Compared to other pollutants such as ozone and sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide
has a relatively long residence time in the atmosphere. Given this information, which of
the following regions with high atmospheric carbon monoxide levels is most likely to be
caused by forest fires.
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. - answerWhich of the following pollutants form acid
precipitation?
Lead - answerWhich of the following pollutants directly interferes with the function of the
nervous system?
in cars; nitrogen oxide. - answerCatalytic converters are used ___ to control ___
emissions.
Carbon dioxide - answerEmissions of ____ have increased since 1970 in the United
States.
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