Name Class Date Assessment Quiz Section: Air, Noise, and Light Pollution MATCHING In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description. ______ 1. causes stress, high blood pressure, a. indoor air pollution hearing loss b. sick-building syndrome ______ 2. solutions include shielding, time con- c. light pollution trols, and low-pressure sodium sources d. noise pollution long-term effects of air ______ 3. emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease e. pollution ______ 4. can occur in tightly sealed buildings f. short-term effects of air pollution ______ 5. sources include plastics, carpets, cleaning fluids, radon, and asbestos ______ 6. headache, eye irritation, coughing, bronchitis MULTIPLE CHOICE In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best completes each statement or best answers each question. ______ 7. Which is a natural indoor air ______ 9. Which is true of air pollution pollutant? and human health? a. carbon monoxide a. Years of research link air b. formaldehyde pollution to lung diseases. c. nitrogen oxides b. Air pollution is commonly d. radon listed as a cause of death. c. None of the health effects ______ 8. Which is not part of of air pollution are correcting sick-building reversible. syndrome? d. Healthy adults are most a. removing sources of affected by air pollution. indoor air pollution b. sealing cracks where air ______10. Which air pollutant scars leaks into the building the lungs? c. improving ventilation a. asbestos d. cleaning air ducts b. radon c. fungi d. ozone Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Holt Environmental Science 15 Air TEACHER RESOURCE PAGE Quiz Chapter Test Advanced SECTION: WHAT CAUSES AIR MATCHING MULTIPLE CHOICE POLLUTION? 1. e 11. a Matching 2. b 12. d 1. b 4. a 3. g 13. c 2. c 5. f 4. i 14. c 3. e 6. d 5. f 15. a 4. a 6. j 16. b Multiple Choice 7. d 17. d 1. b 7. a 8. a 18. b 2. c 8. d 9. h 19. c 3. e 9. c 10. c 20. d a b 4. 10. SHORT ANSWER SECTION: AIR, NOISE, AND 21. The EPA has required the reduction of LIGHT POLLUTION lead in gasoline, which has lowered Matching Multiple Choice lead pollution by 50 percent. Installing 1. d 7. d catalytic converters has reduced the 2. c 8. b amount of pollutants from tailpipe 3. e 9. a exhaust. By the year 2016, California 4. b 10. a Zero-Emission Vehicle Program 5. a requires 16 percent of vehicles sold in 6. f California to give off no emissions. Auto manufacturers are building pro- totype cars that produce fewer emis- SECTION: ACID PRECIPITATION sions (such as hybrids) or no Matching Multiple Choice emissions. 1. d 7. b 22. Students may describe three of the fol- 2. c 8. a lowing: Chronic bronchitis—an inflam- 3. e 9. d mation of the bronchial tubes leading 4. a 10. c to persistent coughing and difficulty in 5. f breathing. Asthma—bronchial pas- 6. b sages constrict and fill with mucus. Emphysema—air sacs lose their elas- Chapter Test General ticity, causing difficulty in exhaling. MATCHING MULTIPLE CHOICE Lung cancer—malignant disease that 1. c 11. b is linked to air pollution, although 2. e 12. a smoking cigarettes is the more com- 3. f 13. d mon cause. Asbestosis—asbestos 4. i 14. c fibers cut and scar the lungs, causing 5. h 15. a difficulty in breathing. 6. j 16. a 7. a 17. b PROBLEM SOLVING 8. d 18. d 23. 1,000 times more acidic 9. b 19. c 10. g 20. a Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Holt Environmental Science 95 Air.