BESC chap 16 Questions and Answers
Q: Quicksilver is another name for
✓✓ Mercury
Q: Primary pollutants are those that are
✓✓ released directly in dangerous forms
Q: Secondary pollutants
✓✓ become dangerous after reacting in the atmosphere
Q: ____ are examples of secondary pollutants
✓✓ photochemical oxidants
Q: Fugitive emissions are produced by
✓✓ strip mining, rock crushing and other dust producing activities
Q: Criteria pollutants are those that
✓✓ contribute the most to air quality degradation
Q: Which of the following criteria pollutants result mainly from burning
coal
✓✓ sulfur dioxide
Q: the term NOx is often used because
, ✓✓ NO and NO2 easily convert into each other
Q: The brown haze in dog is caused by
✓✓ NO2
Q: A common example of a photochemical oxidant is
✓✓ NO2
Q: Sulfur trioxide:
✓✓ Is a secondary pollutant, is formed by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide,
reacts with water to form sulfuric acid, is a major component of acid rain.
-all of these are correct
Q: Carbon monoxide is produced by
✓✓ Incomplete burning of fuels
Q: An aerosol is
✓✓ any liquid droplet or solid particle suspended in air
Q: The most dangerous airborne particulates are those
✓✓ small enough to be drawn into the lungs
Q: Anthropogenic sources of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere
✓✓ increasing at the rate of about 0.5 percent per year
Q: The most common metallic air pollutant is
Q: Quicksilver is another name for
✓✓ Mercury
Q: Primary pollutants are those that are
✓✓ released directly in dangerous forms
Q: Secondary pollutants
✓✓ become dangerous after reacting in the atmosphere
Q: ____ are examples of secondary pollutants
✓✓ photochemical oxidants
Q: Fugitive emissions are produced by
✓✓ strip mining, rock crushing and other dust producing activities
Q: Criteria pollutants are those that
✓✓ contribute the most to air quality degradation
Q: Which of the following criteria pollutants result mainly from burning
coal
✓✓ sulfur dioxide
Q: the term NOx is often used because
, ✓✓ NO and NO2 easily convert into each other
Q: The brown haze in dog is caused by
✓✓ NO2
Q: A common example of a photochemical oxidant is
✓✓ NO2
Q: Sulfur trioxide:
✓✓ Is a secondary pollutant, is formed by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide,
reacts with water to form sulfuric acid, is a major component of acid rain.
-all of these are correct
Q: Carbon monoxide is produced by
✓✓ Incomplete burning of fuels
Q: An aerosol is
✓✓ any liquid droplet or solid particle suspended in air
Q: The most dangerous airborne particulates are those
✓✓ small enough to be drawn into the lungs
Q: Anthropogenic sources of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere
✓✓ increasing at the rate of about 0.5 percent per year
Q: The most common metallic air pollutant is
