Air Unit Review

 

1) What are the four layers of the atmosphere? Give a fact about each of them.

 

            a)

 

            b)

 

            c)

 

            d)

 

2) In what layer(s) can you find these items?

 

a)       ozone: ________________________________

b)       tornadoes: _____________________________

c)       nitrogen: ______________________________

d)       rain: __________________________________

 

3) When does El Nino happen?

 

 

 

 

4) What are three effects of an El Nino year?

 

 

 

 

5) What is the Coriolis effect? What does the Coriolis effect do to the winds and ocean currents?

 

 

 

 

 

6) Fill in the table below.

Air Pollutant	Sources of the Emission	Environmental and Human Damage cause by the Emission
Carbon Monoxide
Sulfur Oxides
Nitrogen Oxides
Tropospheric Ozone
Particulate Matter
Radon

 

 

 

 

 

7) How is formaldehyde released inside a house?

 

 

 

 

8) What is asbestos? Why is it harmful in the lungs? What disease does asbestos cause?

 

 

 

 

9) Where does mold like to grow? What does mold do to the human body?

 

 

 

 

10) How is acid rain naturally formed? Where does this chemical come from? Give the equation.

 

 

 

 

 

11) How is acid rain anthropogenically formed? Where do these chemicals come from? Give both equations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

12) What are three effects of acid rain exposure on trees/plants?

 

 

 

 

 

13) Name 3 things a catalytic converter does.

 

            a)

 

            b)

 

            c)

 

 

14) What is a wet scrubber? What is this tool used for?

 

 

 

 

 

15) What is an electrostatic precipitator? What is this tool used for?