Quizes, Unit 8
___ ozone is bad because it can damage living tissue - ANS Tropospheric
\___ ozone is good because it absorbs harmful UV radiation. - ANS Stratospheric
\_____ smog is more common in developing countries. - ANS Industrial
\______ are good for studying past climates because of the air trapped inside - ANS Ice
cores
\______ are good for studying past climates because of the pollen trapped inside. - ANS
Sediments
\______ is a process that removes carbon from the atmosphere and stores it in a liquid or
solid form. - ANS Sequestration
\A decrease of Amazon rain forests can lead to a(n) _____ in regional temperatures. -
ANS increase
\A person's _____ affects how the person interprets climate data - ANS worldview
\A(n) _____ is an explanation of observations or events based on hypotheses found to be
true and verified many times by different groups of scientists. - ANS theory
\About 62% of PM is caused by ___. - ANS natural events
\According to the WHO, ___ pollution is the worst type of air pollution globally. - ANS
indoor
\acid deposition
industrial smog
photochemical smog
smog
temperature inversion - ANS the settling out of atmospheric acids onto land
smog that forms when soot combines with sulfur compounds and water droplets in the
air
smog that forms when ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun reacts with pollutants in the air
a mixture of air pollutants that may form over urban areas
a weather condition that occurs when a layer of cold air becomes trapped under a layer
of warm air in the troposphere
\air pollution
emissions
___ ozone is bad because it can damage living tissue - ANS Tropospheric
\___ ozone is good because it absorbs harmful UV radiation. - ANS Stratospheric
\_____ smog is more common in developing countries. - ANS Industrial
\______ are good for studying past climates because of the air trapped inside - ANS Ice
cores
\______ are good for studying past climates because of the pollen trapped inside. - ANS
Sediments
\______ is a process that removes carbon from the atmosphere and stores it in a liquid or
solid form. - ANS Sequestration
\A decrease of Amazon rain forests can lead to a(n) _____ in regional temperatures. -
ANS increase
\A person's _____ affects how the person interprets climate data - ANS worldview
\A(n) _____ is an explanation of observations or events based on hypotheses found to be
true and verified many times by different groups of scientists. - ANS theory
\About 62% of PM is caused by ___. - ANS natural events
\According to the WHO, ___ pollution is the worst type of air pollution globally. - ANS
indoor
\acid deposition
industrial smog
photochemical smog
smog
temperature inversion - ANS the settling out of atmospheric acids onto land
smog that forms when soot combines with sulfur compounds and water droplets in the
air
smog that forms when ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun reacts with pollutants in the air
a mixture of air pollutants that may form over urban areas
a weather condition that occurs when a layer of cold air becomes trapped under a layer
of warm air in the troposphere
\air pollution
emissions
