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19 Cards in this Set
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a combination of smoke and fog
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smog
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a brown smog formed with the aid of light is
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photochimical
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burning fossil fuels like natural gaas and coal releases
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nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon compounds
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burning coal in electrical power placts helps create
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sulfurous smog
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sunlight reacts with waste gases to form
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ozone
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a measure of the strnght of acid rain can be given using
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a pH scale
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a plant's resistance to diseases, insects, and bad weather can be lowered by
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acid rain
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air polltion affects people's
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lungs, eyes, hearts
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a goal of teh MONTREAL PROTOCAL is to phase out
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chloroflourocarbons
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ways to support the 1990 Clean Air Act include
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using less electricity
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air pollution can be controlled by
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putting scrubbers on power plants
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every year about_____ people in the US die from diseases related to air pollution
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60,000
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breathing polluted air damages people's lungs making them more susceptibe t0
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pnemonia, headaches, asthma
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the 1990 Clean Air Act will eventually affect the economy because
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factory workers may lose there job, coal miners may lose their jobs, workers at coal-burning power plants may lose thier jobs
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of the sources of pollution shown in Figure 20-1 power plants produce the most smog `
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False
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According to the information in Figure 20-1 reducing the number of cars on the road or increasing teh amount of car pooling in the US would be teh most effective way to reduce smog emissions
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true
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as figure 20-1 shows burning wastes and heating buildings conbined do not produce as much smog as industry
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true
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in figure 20-1 industry and power plants gereratte the same amount of smog
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true
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the major sources of air pollution shown in figure 20-1 produce only sulfurous smog
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false
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