🎴 Flashcard Mode
Environment and Pollution Awareness Quiz
Card1 / 15
Mastered0
Review0
QuestionClick to flip
In 1970, the Environmental Protection Agency passed the Clean Air Act. It listed 6 "Criteria Pollutants" that are most plaguing our air. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
AnswerClick to flip back
A
acid rain
💡 Explanation:
The Clean Air Act identifies six specific 'criteria pollutants' that are regulated: particulate matter, ozone, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and lead. Acid rain is an environmental effect caused by these pollutants (particularly sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides), not a pollutant itself.