Unit 21 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

The human body converts chemical energy to:
a) heat energy
b) potential energy
c) kinetic energy
d) solar energy
e) light energy

Question 2:

Which of the following is not a factor that increases urban temperatures?
a) reflections off vertical surfaces
b) dust domes
c) burning of fossil fuels
d) winds
e) all of these

Question 3:

When isotherms on a map give the impression of a city being an area of increased elevation this phenomenon is known as a(n):
a) highland climate
b) urban heat island
c) dust dome
d) conurbation
e) conversion

Question 4:

All of the following are primary air pollutants except:
a) water vapour
b) carbon dioxide
c) sulfuric acid
d) hydrocarbons
e) carbon monoxide

Question 5:

When prevailing winds from a dust dome detach themselves from a city, they produce a:
a) dome remnant
b) pollution dome
c) pollution cell
d) dust storm
e) pollution plume

Question 6:

Heat-island intensity measures the average maximum temperatures felt on islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
a) True
b) False

Question 7:

Secondary pollutants can be reducing or oxidizing.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

Primary pollutants are strictly gaseous.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

There is often high-velocity channeled windflow within cities.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

A city produces huge amounts of mass and energy.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

The types of heat flows that can be altered in humans include radiant, metabolic, evaporative, and convectional.
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

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