barrager/schmied/reid©2000		Name:____________________
	Shelter	Period:_____________
		Student #:___________

 

Read each question carefully. The category in brackets ( ) will assist you in determining the answers.

All answers and proper figures should be done CQC (Complete, Quality, Correct) on your own paper.

Write complete sentences and incorporate the question in your answer.

1. (Status--> Water Quality) Make a table (example below) and fill in the good and bad news of Puget Sound's water quality. (8 pts)

Good News	Bad News
1.	1.
2.	2.
3.	3.

 

2. (Status--> Air Quality) Name the six most common air pollutants in our area and give their chemical symbols. (12 pts.)

 

3. (Status--> Air Quality) Diagram an inversion layer. (5 pts)

 

4. (Status--> Air Quality--> Good Air Day) Describe the two main atmospheric events that happen on a good air day. (5 pts)

 

5. (Status--> Air Quality--> Bad Air Day) Describe the three main atmospheric events that happen on a bad air day. (6 pts)

 

6. (Status--> Air Quality) Each line on the Air Quality graph represents the number of days that the air was not up to health standards. Tell approximately how many days in 1993 the air did not meet health standards. (5 pts)

 

7. (Status-->Air Quality--> Pollution Sources) You can see that fifty-five percent of poor air quality in Puget Sound is due to motor vehicles. Describe the other three sources of air pollution and their percentages in the atmosphere. (5 pts)

 

8. (Status--> Air Quality--> Pollution Sources--> What Can You Do?) Describe four things that you can do to help minimize air pollution. (5 pts)

 

9. (Statusý Air Quality--> Pollution Sources--> What Can You Do) Explain which one of your answers from question 8 you think would be the most helpful in reducing air pollution. (5 pts)

 

10. (Status--> Waste) What are the four questions that match the four "Rs" of waste management? (5 pts)

a. Reduce	b. Reuse
c. Recycle	d. Rethink

 

11. (Status--> Waste) Describe one thing your family could do at home to:(5 pts)

a. Reduce	b. Reuse
c. Recycle	d. Rethink

 

12. (Status--> Waste--> Solid Waste/Hazardous Waste) Describe and give two examples of each of these types of waste. (5 pts)

a. solid

b. hazardous

 

13. (Status--> Waste--> Solid Waste/Hazardous Waste) Answer the following: (8 pts)

a. Tell the bad news of how much garbage the average person produces per day. (3 pts)

b. How much solid waste is recycled. (2 pts)

c. Most hazardous waste comes from industries, but individuals also generate hazardous waste. Name three places individuals improperly dispose of hazardous waste. (2 pts)

d. What two types of water are polluted, causing health and safety issues, by improperly disposed of hazardous waste? (2 pts)

 

14. (Marine Affairs--> Salmon--> You Can Help) Salmon have been important to people living in the Northwest for thousands of years. Salmon populations are declining drastically because their home, their water 'shelter', is often threatened. Describe each of the four human activities and how they affect salmon. (10 pts)

a. hydropower

b. harvest

c. habitat destruction

d. hatcheries

 

Extra Credit

1. (Marine Affairs--> Salmon--> Salmon Challenge) For each of the ten questions in the Salmon Challenge, determine the correct response needed to get your salmon to the ocean. (10 pts)

a. How are you going to keep more weeds from growing back?

b. What do you suggest?

c. What is your strategy?

d. What will you do?

e. What else will you do while you are there?

f. What paving material do you suggest?

g. How will you tackle that walkway?

h. Now that you're back on shore, what are you going to do with the weeds clinging to the propeller and trailer?

i. What will you do with the leftovers?

j. How will you bid your coho goodbye?