Study Guide Quiz Monday
Name_______________________
Date _______________Hr______
1) What is the percentage of Oxygen gas in the atmosphere?________
2) What is the percentage of Nitrogen gas in the atmosphere? ______
3) We need Oxygen from the atmosphere to do cell respiration. Which
chemical equation correctly identifies the process of cell respiration?
a) Sugar + CO2
b) Sunlight + CO2 + H2O
Energy + O2
+ H2O
Sugar + O2
c) Sugar + O2
Energy + CO2 + H2O
d) Sugar + O2
Sunlight + CO2 + H2O
4) Plants need Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere to do photosynthesis.
Which chemical equation correctly identifies the process of cell
respiration?
a) Sugar + CO2
b) Sunlight + CO2 + H2O
Energy + O2
+ H2O
Sugar + O2
c) Sugar + O2
Energy + CO2 + H2O
d) Sugar + O2
Sunlight + CO2 + H2O
5) Which organelle (cell part) in all of your cells is the site of cellular
respiration?
a) nucleus
b) mitochondria
c) chloroplast
d) endoplasmic reticulum
6) Which organelle in all of your cells is the site of photosynthesis?
a) nucleus
b) mitochondria
c) chloroplast
d) endoplasmic reticulum
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7) Explain how the Greenhouse Effect works.
Word Bank: warmer, low, methane, infrared, long, high, Global Warming,
carbon dioxide, water, absorbed, space, atmosphere, heat, short, fossil fuels
a)__________________ wavelength, __________________ energy radiation
leaves the sun and enters Earth’s atmosphere. Some of the radiation is
___________________________ by the Earth’s surface. The radiation that is
reflected back from the surface is known as ____________________ radiation.
This is _____________________ wavelength, ___________________ energy
radiation. Some of this energy escapes into _________________________, but
quite a bit is trapped by our ____________________________. Gases such as
____________________ vapor, _____________________, and
____________________
_______________________ build up in our
atmosphere naturally and due to the burning of ____________________
____________________. As our atmosphere thickens, more and more
________________________ energy is trapped and as a result our planet is
getting ___________________________. Out of control Greenhouse Effect is
known as ______________________ _____________________.
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8) Name the planet that has an out of control Greenhouse Effect due to the
presence of too much Carbon Dioxide. ____________________________
9) Name the planet whose atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide but has such a
small amount of atmosphere present that it is extremely cold.
________________________________
10) Which one of the following is NOT a reason why our atmosphere is important?
a) It provides life giving gases.
b) It protects us from dangerous solar radiation.
c) It keeps us warm.
d) It protects us from meteors.
e) It provides us with a gravitational pull.
11) Main GHG associated with burning fossil fuels: ________________
12) Main GHG associated with overpopulation and mass consumption of beef:
__________________________
13) Three main fossil fuels.
a)___________________________________
b)___________________________________
c)___________________________________
14) Our bodies need Nitrogen as a necessary ingredient for the production of
protein in our bodies for growth and repair. If we cannot utilize the Nitrogen in
the air by way of breathing it, then how do we get our source of Nitrogen?
____________________________
15) Type of plant associated with symbiotic bacteria that do “Nitrogen fixation”.
____________________________
*symbiotic relationship is when two organisms live closely together and help each
other.
16) Name the four main layers of the atmosphere.
a)_________________________
b)_________________________
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c)_________________________
d)_________________________
17) Which layer of the atmosphere is where the weather occurs?
____________________________________
18) Which layer of the atmosphere has the lowest air pressure?
____________________________________
19) Which layer of the atmosphere has the highest air pressure?
____________________________________
20) Which layer of the atmosphere burns up meteors (shooting stars)?
____________________________________
21) Which layer of the atmosphere has the northern lights?
_____________________________________
22) Which layer of the atmosphere has bad ozone?
____________________________________
23) Which layer of the atmosphere has good ozone?
_____________________________________
24) Which two layers of the atmosphere get warmer and warmer with increasing
altitude?
a)___________________________________
b)___________________________________
25) _____________________________________
26) Which two layers of the atmosphere get colder and colder with increasing
altitude?
a)___________________________________
b)___________________________________
27) Which layer of the atmosphere protects us (partially) from UV radiation?
__________________________________
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28) Which layer of the atmosphere is “hot” in terms of high speed particles but
would feel cold due to a lack of air molecules to transfer and hold onto heat
energy? __________________________________
29) Exposure to UV radiation in excess can cause what two health problems?
a)_______________________________
b)_______________________________
30) An instrument used to measure air pressure is called a
_______________________________.
31) In the picture to the right the altitude is
greater at point ______________.
32) The air pressure in the picture to the right is
greater at point ____________.
33) The percentage of O2 in the atmosphere at
point A is __________% and the percentage of
O2 in the atmosphere at point B __________%.
34) Taking a Mercury barometer from point A to
point B would make the Mercury level…..
a) rise
b) fall
35) This person has a blocked Eustachian tube
(probably from a cold or sinus infection) and they
cannot equalize air pressure on both sides of the
eardrum, which can be quite painful.
Based on size of the arrows on both sides of the
eardrum is this person …..
a) taking off in an airplane & gaining altitude
or
b) landing in an airplane and losing altitude
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36) Which of the following diagrams represents the correct cycling of gases in the
atmosphere and in living things?
37) Define albedo: _____________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
38) Define positive feedback loop: ________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
39) How can ice melting in the Arctic exposing ocean water be part of a positive
feedback loop that actually accelerates global warming (include the concept of
albedo in your explanation). ________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
40) Which of the following is NOT a potential effect of global warming?
a) increased spread of disease
b) loss of current agricultural land
c) flooding of coastal areas
d) overpopulation
e) desertification (formation of deserts)
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41) Ocean currents help to ___________ temperatures on land.
a) moderate
b) make more extreme
42) A shut down of the Global Conveyor Belt could send parts of our planet into….
a) an ice age
b) an extreme heat-wave
43) What air pollutant is associated with car exhaust? ______________
44) What air pollutant is associated with combustion of coal at power plants?
_____________
45) What air pollutant is produced as part of photochemical smog when VOC’s
react with NOx in the presence of sunlight? ________________
46) What pollutant is associated with breakdown of the stratospheric ozone and is
a chemical whose production has been banned as part of the Montreal
Protocol? __________________
47) Acid rain is caused by what two chemicals produced by the combustion of fossil
fuels?
a)___________________________________
b)___________________________________
48) Rain would be slightly acidic even without the burning of fossil fuels due to the
presence of ______ in the atmosphere.
a) sulfur dioxide
b) nitrogen
c) carbon dioxide
d) oxygen
49) Sinkholes and caves are formed when acid rain eats away at what specific type
of sedimentary rock?
________________________________
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50) What is coral bleaching and what causes it? __________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
51) Why are tiny organisms with “shells” (at the bottom of the food chain) dying in
the ocean? Be specific. ___________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Directions:
Look at the chart below to answer the questions that follow.
52) Why does the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere go up and then down one time
each year? _________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
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53) Overall the trend of Carbon Dioxide levels in the atmosphere from 1960 – 2010
is….
a) staying the same
b) increasing
c) decreasing
54) Which of the following is not an example of natural air pollution?
a) pollen
b) volcanic ash
c) dust
d) car emissions
55) Which of the following removes carbon dioxide from the air?
a) fungus
b) plants
c) factories
d) animals
56) Acids will have a pH found between…..
a) 0 and 100
b) 14 and 20
c) 0-7
d) 7-14
57) To the right is an image of….
a) a salting reaction
b) the acidification of water
c) a neutralization reaction
d) an alkalinity test
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58) How many times stronger (many times more H+ ions) is vinegar (pH 3)
than distilled wate (pH 7)r?
a) 4 times
b) 4,000 times
c) 10,000 times
d) 10 times
59) If you added baking soda (ph 8) to battery acid (pH 0) , what is the
most likely pH of the newly formed solution?
a) 2
b) 7
c) 14
d) 10
60) Which substance reacts with metals to form Hydrogen gas (corrodes
metals)?
a) acids
b) bases
c) all
d) salts
61) A weak base could have a pH of about….
a) 14
b) 2
c) 8
d) 0
62) To the right is a diagram of…
a) a weak base
b) a strong acid
b) a weak acid
d) a strong base
chemical
added to
water
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Directions: Look at he soil pH listed across the United States in relation to
issues with acid rain.
63) Which region has the most acidic soil?
a) Pacific Northwest
b) Southwest
c) Northeast
64) By looking at the soil pH values across the U.S., it is safe to assume which of
the following states probably does NOT have a lot of limestone?
a) Florida
b) Texas
c) California
d) Maine
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65) Look at the diagram below and the map of acid rain on the previous page to
answer the following question.
If the map was recording
the pH of lakes and rivers,
name one species of fish
that could NOT survive in
the state of Washington?
_________________________
66) The most acid tolerant organism
on the chart is a
______________________.
67) What is a buffer?
a) a chemical that turns cabbage juice blue.
b) a chemical that turns litmus paper red.
c) a chemical that resists a change in pH.
d) a chemical associated with air and water pollution.
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