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Atmospheric Chemistry MCQ

In industrialized nations, the two most deadly sources of indoor pollution are ________.

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Correct Answer: Random and cigarette smoke

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It is believed the most prominent means by which humans add co2 to the atmosphere is by ________.

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Correct Answer: The burning of coal and other fossil fuels

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Crystalline salts such as cesium bromide form _____ bonds with __________.

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Correct Answer: Ionic, electrostatic attractions

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Rising and falling of air over large areas is most properly known as ________ and ________.

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Correct Answer: Ascent, subsidence

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The so-called "winds of commerce" are the ________ winds.

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Correct Answer: Trade

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Cyclonic flow means ____ in either the northern or southern hemisphere.

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Correct Answer: Circulation around a low pressure center

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Current concentration of co2 in the atmosphere is _______ according to the keeling graph.

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Correct Answer: Over 400 ppm

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The absorption of human-generated co2 by the oceans __________.

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Correct Answer: All of the listed responses are correct

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Stratospheric ozone depletion is currently most serious ________.

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Correct Answer: Over New Zealand and Australia

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Earths __________ and __________ help it to sustain life.

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Correct Answer: Biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere ; atmosphere

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The volume of 0.15 mol of an ideal gas at 365 torr and 97 c is ________ L.

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Correct Answer: 9.5

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Oxygen (o2)is being added to the atmosphere by ________.

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Correct Answer: Vegetation

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Oxidation of a 2 alcohol with chromic acid results in the production of ________.

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Correct Answer: A ketone

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Of the following, ________ is not yet regulated by the epa.

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Correct Answer: Carbon dioxide

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Lead enters the atmosphere as a particulate pollutant. this is a problem because lead ________.

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Correct Answer: Is a precious metal, and it is being lost to the atmosphere

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Halons and cfcs both _______.

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Correct Answer: Destroy ozone in the stratosphere

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Carbon dioxide and water vapor are variable gases because _____.

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Correct Answer: Their amounts vary throughout the atmosphere

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Carbon dioxide and ________ are the most important heat absorbing gases in the lower atmosphere.

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Correct Answer: Water vapor

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Air near earth's surface tends to be ________.

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Correct Answer: Warmer and wetter; then it rises, expanding and cooling

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The ozone layer is located in the _____.

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Correct Answer: Stratosphere

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Over warm oceans, water vapor comprises about ________ percent of the volume of the atmosphere.

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Correct Answer: 4

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The main component of the lower atmosphere by total volume is ________.

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Correct Answer: Nitrogen

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Photochemical smog differs from industrial smog in that it ________.

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Correct Answer: Is formed only in the presence of sunlight

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Ozone is destroyed by cfcs because the ________ in the cfcs combines with oxygen.

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Correct Answer: Chlorine

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Today, ________ has the worst acid deposition problem, primarily because of ________.

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Correct Answer: China; coal-fired electrical and industrial plants

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The central atom in ________ does not violate the octet rule.

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Correct Answer: CF4

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A gas under constant pressure will ____________ when ____________.

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Correct Answer: Expand; heated

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Air temperatures in the upper stratosphere are ______ air temperatures in the lower stratosphere.

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Correct Answer: Higher than

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For a 1s orbital, respectively n = _____ and l = _____

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Correct Answer: 1, 0

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Of the following, only __________ is impossible for an ideal gas.

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Correct Answer: V1T1 = V2T2

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If all of the stratospheric ozone suddenly disappeared, ________.

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Correct Answer: Most life on Earth would cease to exist because of the amount of UV radiation penetrating the atmosphere

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Photochemical smog is characteristic of urban areas with many vehicles and a climate that is ____.

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Correct Answer: Warm and sunny

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The solubility of carbon dioxide in soda water decreases with _________ temperature.

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Correct Answer: Increasing

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Gaseous mixtures ________.

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Correct Answer: Are all homogeneous

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When the kelvin temperature of an enclosed gas doubles, the particles of the gas ____.

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Correct Answer: Move faster

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Suppose you take a deep breath. you have just inhaled approximately ________ from the troposphere.

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Correct Answer: 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen

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Nitrogen gas consists of _____

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Correct Answer: Both

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Nitrogen and oxygen are _____ gases in the atmosphere.

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Correct Answer: Primary

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In the oceans, global warming has ______.

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Correct Answer: Made the water more acidic

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In the kinetic-molecular theory of gases, the assumption is made that gas molecules________.

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Correct Answer: Move rapidly in random directions

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Environmental bioremediation using bacteria is least effective on _____.

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Correct Answer: Heavy metals

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Co(g) effuses at a rate that is ______ times that of xe(g) under the same conditions.

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Correct Answer: 2.16

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Co(g) effuses at a rate that is ______ times that of kr(g) under the same conditions.

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Correct Answer: 1.73

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Co(g) effuses at a rate that is ______ times that of br2(g) under the same conditions.

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Correct Answer: 3.2

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