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HES: CHAPTER 8 – AIR AND AIR POLLUTION
REVIEW SHEET
Question / Answer1. Which two gases make up the majority of the atmosphere? What percent of the atmosphere does each gas make up?
2. Describe two ecosystem services that the atmosphere performs.
3. What are the four layers of the atmosphere (from ground-level upward)? Which layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer found within?
4. Describe the Coriolis effect.
5. What are the three global prevailing winds?
6. What is the difference between primary and secondary air pollutants? Give at least two examples of each.
7. Define particulate matter. What are some sources of particulate matter?
8. What is the difference between PM2.5 and PM10? Which type is the most dangerous, and why?
9. Give two examples of nitrogen oxides. Provide one negative impact that nitrogen oxides have on the environment.
10. What type of pollutant plays a major role in acid deposition?
11. Describe why carbon monoxide is poisonous.
12. Describe the difference between ground-level (tropospheric) and stratospheric ozone.
13. What is the main contributor to air pollution?
14. Describe the difference between industrial smog and photochemical smog?
15. Describe the process of a temperature inversion.
16. What is an urban heat island? How do they contribute to the formation of dust domes?
17. What year was the Clean Air Act (CAA) first passed? What organization is authorized to apply and enforce the CAA? Name the six criteria pollutants that CAA focuses on.
18. Identify three reasons why developing countries typically produce more air pollution than developed countries?
19. What are three of the most common contaminants of indoor air in highly developed countries?
20. Describe sick building syndrome.
21. How is radon produced? Where are the highest radon levels found in the United States?
22. Identify three ways Chattanooga has reduced the amount of air pollution since the 1960s.