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32 Cards in this Set
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What are primary pollutants
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Natural and human air pollutants
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What is an example of a secondary pollutant
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smog
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What makes smog from
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ozone and car exhaust react with sunlight
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Much human- caused air pollution in the United States comes from car
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20%
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What is a very big cause of industrial air pollution
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coal- burning factories
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What is one way to make less indoor air pollution
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don't use solvents
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What is acid precipitation
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rain, sleet, or snow with acids in it
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Which of the following is not an effect of acid precipitation
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soil acidity decreases
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What has acid precipitation done to forests
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It hurt large areas
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What is a very quick change in acidity in a lake called
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acid shock
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What is the main problem caused by the ozone layer
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It lets ultraviolet radiation reach earth
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What is used to take out some pollutants from power plant
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Scrubbers
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What are some of the bad effects air pollution has on people
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lung cancer, coughing
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What power did the clean air act give to the EPA
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power to limit air pollution
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What two kinds of power do hybrid cars use
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gasoline and electricity
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What cause wind
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differences in air pressure
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what cause differences in air pressure
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unequal heating of the earth
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What are the large, circular patterns air travel in called
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convection cells
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What is the Coriolis effect
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apparent curving of wind and ocean currents
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Winds that blow from 30BO latitude to the equator are
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Trade wind
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The area around the equator without much wind is called the
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doldrums
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Belts of wind from the poles to 60BO latitude are called
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polar easterlis
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Winds that blow to the poles from west to east are
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westerlis
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Areas of weak winds at about 30BO latitude are called
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horse latitudes
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What is most likely to cause local winds
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a shoreline or mountain
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What are mountain breeze and valley breezes
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local winds
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How long does it take the sun's energy to reach the earth
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about 8 minutes
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Why does warm air rise and cold air sink
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because warm air is denser than cold air
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Describe three ways that energy is transferred in the atmosphere
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radiation, Theemal Conduction and convection
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which of the following earth scientist would study tornadoes
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a meteorology
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On which major branch of earth science does geochemistry rely
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geology
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Which of the following is the step in the scientific methods in which a scientist uses a controlled experiment
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test the hypothesis
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