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Pollution
Atmosphere
Climate
Change
Earth and
Energy
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Air Pollution - 200
This primary air pollutant is the main
precursor to Industrial Smog and acid
deposition.
SO2
Air Pollution - 400
Gasoline, cleaning solvents, and paint
thinners are all sources for this class of
pollutants.
VOC’s (volatile organic compounds)
Aka - hydrocarbons
Air Pollution - 600
This secondary pollutant is a very strong
oxidant as a well as a respiratory
irritant. It forms when NO2 is acted on
by UV radiation.
Ozone
Air Pollution - 800
Electrostatic precipitators send an electrical
charge through the gases released from
coal burning, and then use magnets to pull
out this primary pollutant.
Particulates/ soot
Air Pollution - 1000
These are installed in all motor vehicles to
reduce the amount of Carbon Monoxide
in the atmosphere.
Catalytic Converters
Atmosphere - 200
What are the 2 most abundant elements
in air?
Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (20.94%),
Argon (0.93%)
Atmosphere - 400
What is the name of
the convection current
shown in the figure?
Hadley cell
Atmosphere - 600
This serves as the main source of heat
entering the atmosphere.
The oceans (evaporation and condensation)
= Latent Heat
Atmosphere - 800
Produced when several pollutants
from automobile exhaust are acted on
by sunlight.
Photochemical smog
Atmosphere - 1000
This is when sunlight is reflected off of lowlying clouds or arctic ice, creating an
atmospheric cooling effect
Albedo
Climate Change - 200
Which gas involved in global climate
change is increasing in the atmosphere at
the fastest rate?
CO2
Climate Change - 400
Anaerobic respiration leads an increase
in this GHG.
Methane
Climate Change - 600
This type of solar radiation is moving too
fast to be absorbed by greenhouse
gases.
UV
Climate Change - 800
CO2 concentrations have
increased by this percentage since
the Industrial Revolution.
30 – 35%
Climate Change - 1000
Most climate change scientists agree
that there is a strong correlation
between atmospheric CO2 levels and
this.
Mean global temperatures
Earth and Energy - 200
What type of
plate boundary
is shown in the
figure?
Convergent plate boundary
Earth and Energy - 400
What energy source provides the United
States its largest % of commercial
energy?
Oil – 39%
Earth and Energy - 600
Which source is the fastest growing
energy resource for the world?
Wind
Earth and Energy - 800
World oil supplies and prices are
expected to be controlled over the
long term by
OPEC
Earth and Energy - 1000
DAILY
DOUBLE !!!
Potpourri - 200
This population is considered by many
to be the “canary in the coal mine”
when it comes to the dangers of
climate change.
Polar bears
Potpourri - 400
This international agreement led to the
phasing out/banning of CFC’s.
The Montreal Protocol
Potpourri - 600
The removal of electrons from a
molecule or compound is known as
this.
Oxidation
Potpourri - 800
The 2 most basic processes in an
ecosystem are:
flow of energy and cycling of
chemical elements
Potpourri - 1000
The step of the nitrogen cycle where
nitrogen gas (N2) is converted to a
solid form (NH4+).
Nitrogen Fixation
Earth and
and Geo
Geo -- 1000
500
Earth
These 2 cities are most infamous for
nuclear power plant accidents
Chernobyl and Three Mile Island