Atmospheric Chemistry MCQ
In industrialized nations, the two most deadly sources of indoor pollution are ________.
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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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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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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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Ascent, subsidence
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The so-called "winds of commerce" are the ________ winds.
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Cyclonic flow means ____ in either the northern or southern hemisphere.
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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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Over 400 ppm
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The absorption of human-generated co2 by the oceans __________.
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All of the listed responses are correct
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Stratospheric ozone depletion is currently most serious ________.
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Over New Zealand and Australia
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Earths __________ and __________ help it to sustain life.
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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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Oxygen (o2)is being added to the atmosphere by ________.
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Vegetation
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Oxidation of a 2 alcohol with chromic acid results in the production of ________.
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Of the following, ________ is not yet regulated by the epa.
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Carbon dioxide
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Lead enters the atmosphere as a particulate pollutant. this is a problem because lead ________.
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Is a precious metal, and it is being lost to the atmosphere
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Halons and cfcs both _______.
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Destroy ozone in the stratosphere
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Carbon dioxide and water vapor are variable gases because _____.
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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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Water vapor
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Air near earth's surface tends to be ________.
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Warmer and wetter; then it rises, expanding and cooling
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The ozone layer is located in the _____.
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Stratosphere
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Over warm oceans, water vapor comprises about ________ percent of the volume of the atmosphere.
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The main component of the lower atmosphere by total volume is ________.
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Photochemical smog differs from industrial smog in that it ________.
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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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Today, ________ has the worst acid deposition problem, primarily because of ________.
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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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A gas under constant pressure will ____________ when ____________.
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Expand; heated
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Air temperatures in the upper stratosphere are ______ air temperatures in the lower stratosphere.
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Higher than
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For a 1s orbital, respectively n = _____ and l = _____
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Of the following, only __________ is impossible for an ideal gas.
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V1T1 = V2T2
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If all of the stratospheric ozone suddenly disappeared, ________.
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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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Warm and sunny
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The solubility of carbon dioxide in soda water decreases with _________ temperature.
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Increasing
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Gaseous mixtures ________.
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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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Move faster
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Suppose you take a deep breath. you have just inhaled approximately ________ from the troposphere.
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78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen
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Nitrogen gas consists of _____
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Nitrogen and oxygen are _____ gases in the atmosphere.
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In the oceans, global warming has ______.
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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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Move rapidly in random directions
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Environmental bioremediation using bacteria is least effective on _____.
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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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Co(g) effuses at a rate that is ______ times that of kr(g) under the same conditions.
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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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