Environmental science, Pearson, chapter 9 quizzes Flashcards

9461879036	What are the 2 most common gasses in Earth's atmosphere	Nitrogen and oxygen	0
9461879037	of the following gasses in Earth's atmosphere which one is least chemically reactive	Nitrogen	1
9461879038	The stratosphere has a greater_______ than the troposphere	Concentration of ozone	2
9461879039	Which of the following occurs as air circulates in The atmosphere	Warm, less dense air rises from the Earth's surface and becomes cooler and denser in the upper troposphere	3
9461879040	Where are the descending air flows of the Hadley cells located	Near 30ﾟ North and South latitude	4
9461879041	The Coriolis effect is caused by	The rotation of the Earth	5
9461879042	The polar jet stream are	Located in the upper troposphere near the boundary between the feral and polar cells	6
9461879043	Major storms form	In areas of low atmospheric pressure	7
9461879044	Which of the following locations is likely to experience a flooding June storm with precipitation of greater than 6 cm	A city with a mean June precipitation 5 cm and high variance	8
9461879045	How the weather in climate differ	Weather is a description of a short term atmospheric condition, where climate is a description of average atmospheric conditions over a long period of time	9
9461879046	The release of sulfur oxides into the atmosphere results in the formation of	acid precipitation	10
9461879047	_____ ozone Is a_______ Pollutant formed during a series of reactions involving VOCs and nitrogen oxides	Tropospheric, secondary	11
9461879048	The United States they concentration of lead in the atmosphere has recently	Decreased as a result of the ban on the use of lead in gasoline	12
9461879049	What is a key source of carbon monoxide released into the atmosphere	The incomplete combustion of fossil fuels	13
9461879050	which of the following pollutants directly interferes with the function of the nervous system	lead	14
9461879051	Catalytic convertors are used ______to control _____emission	In cars, nitrogen oxide	15
9461879052	emissions of_____ have increased since 1970 in the United States	carbon dioxide	16
9461879053	The ozone layer is located In the	Stratosphere	17
9461879054	Which other follow you contributed to the depletion of ozone layer during the 20th century	Chlorine Atoms, chlotofluorocarbons, nitrous oxides	18
9461879055	Depletion of the ozone layer causes which of the following	More cases of skin cancer	19
9461879056	What are the likely reasons why the montreal protocol agreement was successful	There was clear science, broad International consensus, and Available Technological replacements for CFC's	20
9461879057	While we have some ozone depletion over the United States it's not as large as the hole over Antarctica why don't we have an ozone hole over the United States	The ozone hole only forms in very cold, dark areas where there is reduced circulation of air compared to the rest of the atmosphere	21