A car sitting at a stoplight waiting for the light to turn green is classified as a stationary air pollutant.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

Since the car is only temporarily stopped, it is still considered a mobile source.

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What happens to pH levels in regions where there is excess carbon dioxide present?

a. Carbon dioxide does not heavily impact pH levels. b. The seawater is able to buffer enough that there is no change. c. The pH levels increase in these regions. d. The seawater becomes more alkaline. e. The pH levels decrease in these regions

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Match the term with the correct description.?

A. ?designing the interior of a building to directly capture and store energy from the sun B. ?a collector on the roof is connected to a pump and pipes that run throughout the building C. ?a closed loop of buried pipe circulates a fluid to exchange heat between the ground and the building D. ?utilizes energy from the sun to generate electricity E. ?a technique that can greatly reduce the amount of heating or cooling needed by a building

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Tropical forests are not well-suited for intensive agriculture because

A) the excessive amount of rainfall in the region tends to prohibit effective plant growth. B) available nutrients are stored in tropical forest vegetation, so when the ground cover and trees are removed, the nutrients are removed, too. C) the ground layer of vegetation in tropical forests is so thick that the land is extremely difficult to clear. D) the temperatures in tropical forests are too high to allow feasible crop production. E) they tend to be located too far inland.

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