Air Quality Quiz

1. If you have heart disease and you’re outside exercising when particle pollution is bad, you can lessen you exposure by walking instead of jogging, or avoiding busy roads.
  1. A) TRUE
  2. B) FALSE 

2. Take the Air Quality Quick Quiz: If you’ve been advised to stay indoors because of wildfire smoke, which steps will help keep from adding to pollution inside your house:
  1. A)  Don’t vacuum
  2. B)  Don’t burn candles
  3. C)  Don’t use a gas stove
  4. D)  Don’t smoke
  5. E)  All of the above

3. CDC recommends that children get how many minutes of physical activity each day?
  1. A)  30 min
  2. B)  60 min
  3. C)  90 min 

4. There are several things you can do to help lower ozone levels and help keep the air healthy. Which of these will not help?
  1. Refueling your car early in the morning or late in the evening.
  2. Using paint and cleaning products with low or zero VOCs.
  3. Putting on sunscreen.
  4. Keeping your vehicle maintained, including proper tire pressure. 

5. When the AQI is code orange, students with asthma should follow their asthma action plans and keep their quick relief medicine handy.
  1. A) TRUE
  2. B) FALSE

6. Students should take breaks and do less intense activities when the air quality is unhealthy.
  1. A) TRUE
  2. B) FALSE





ANSWERS:



1. True

2. E, all of the above! Wildfire smoke can increase particle pollution levels inside your house. So don’t do anything to make that worse. Vacuuming and using anything that burns – such as candles and gas stoves, add to the particle pollution in your home. Smoking does, too. 

3. B – 60 minutes is recommended by CDC. www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/physicalactivity/guidelines.htm 

4. C – Put on sunscreen 

5. True - Check the AQI at www.airnow.gov

6. True - Students breathe harder when they are active for a longer period of time or when they do more intense activities, which allows more pollution to enter their lungs. 
This quiz is from Weather Ready Nation whose goal is to build  community resilience in the face of increasing vulnerability to extreme weather and water events.
For more information visit WRN's website at:  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/com/weatherreadynation/