Air Quality Sample Questions

  1. Air pollution can be simply defined as ______________ contaminants present in the atmosphere.
    • UV Light and smoke
    • Ozone and Carbon Monoxide
    • Gas and particle
    • Gasoline vapor and odor

  2. True or False: The Air Quality Index or AQI was created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a measure of the overall air quality.

  3. List three of the six criteria pollutants for which the U.S. EPA has designated National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

  4. Air pollution can be transferred to soils by:
    • Land use planning
    • Acid rain
    • Photosynthesis
    • Ozone in the troposphere

  5. Describe how ground level ozone can affect sensitive vegetation.

  6. CO2 is known as a greenhouse gas (“GHG”), describe the “greenhouse effect”.

  7. True or False: The U.S. EPA and states regulate the emissions of air pollutants under the authority of the Clean Air Act.

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