Types of Air Pollution
Vocab
Air We Breathe
Solutions
100
Air pollution that hangs over cities and reduces visibility.
What is smog?
100
A pollutant that is put directly into the air by human activity.
What is a primary pollutant?
100

This organ is the main part of the respiratory system and is important to help us breath?

What is lungs?

100

This city was recently found to have some of the worst air quality in the country, getting a score of F from the American Lung Association.

What is Philadelphia?

200
This is the type of pollution that occurs when you guys yell all the time (unwanted sounds).
What is noise pollution?
200

This is a system used to measure the quality of the air and assign it a number.

What is Air Quality Index (AQI)?

200
This is the most abundant element in Earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
200
This type of car uses both gasoline and electric power.
What is a hybrid?
300
Yellow tree sperm that is all over the place right now.
What is pollen?
300

This group of people in the population are vulnerable to the effects of air pollution because their bodies and brains are still developing.

What are children?

300
This is the symbol for Carbon Monoxide.
What is CO?
300
This government agency enforces to Clean Air Act.
What is The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA?
400

Gases that absorb and emit radiation, trapping heat in the atmosphere.

What are greenhouse gases.

400

Tiny particles of liquid or solid matter that become suspended in the air.

What are particulate matter (or pm)?

400
This part of a car's exhaust system reduces emissions.
What is the catalytic converter?
400

This is the name of the filter that we will be building today.

What is the Corsi-Rosenthal box?

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