You go onto the AirNow website, enter your zipcode, and receive your local AQI for the EPA's criterion pollutants. Your AQI is 136. You spent about an hour outside today doing yardwork

Based on these graphs, you should be most concerned about your exposure to ________.

A) ozone
B) particulate matter
C) nitrogen dioxide
D) lead
E) none of these, as you are a very healthy person

A. Secondary chemicals whose formation is facilitated by sunlight
B. Gases or particles that are present in high enough concentrations to harm humans, other organisms, and buildings and other structures
C. Amount of gases and small particles in the atmosphere that influence ecosystem or human well-being
D. Organic chemicals that can vaporize into the air
E. Very small solid and liquid particles suspended in the air


C

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Geography is best described as a discipline

A) concerned with memorizing the locations of places, especially the largest/longest phenomena. B) in which space, how the earth's surface is used, and how human activities differ from place to place is studied. C) that uses maps, performs cartographic analysis, and publishes atlases. D) that is a branch of Geology. E) that incorporates the latest technologies available.

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If a government wants to establish a marketable permit program, it must begin by determining

A. how many permits will be issued in the overall market. B. the overall price to be charged for each permit. C. the overall quantity of a certain pollutant that will be allowed. D. whether or not permits will be issued free of charge.

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As heat and pressure act upon petroleum, it finally becomes

A. tar. B. oil. C. natural gas. D. coal.

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