Vocab
What is a colorless gas that reduces the oxygen content the blood, is found in car exhaust, and contributes to air pollution.
What is Carbon Monoxide
What type of pollution comes from cars and factories releasing gases?
Air pollution
What does AQI stand for
Air Quality Index
Trees help stop air pollution, why?
They clean the air by absorbing carbon dioxide and they produce clean air
What do cars release that causes air pollution
Exhaust fumes
What is hazy, yellow-brown blanket of smog found over cities that is formed with the help of sunlight, contains ozone near Earth’s surface, and can damage lungs and plants.
What is Photochemical Smog
What is the brownish gas that helps form smog
Nitrogen dioxide
Is a high AQI number good or bad?
Bad
True or false- Recycling helps the environment because it causes less burning of trash
True
What type of fuel burning causes a lot of air pollution
Fossil fuels
What is a substance with a pH lower than 7.
What is Acid
What type of air pollution is formed when sunlight reacts with gases from cars to create a thick haze over cities?
Smog
What color on the AQI scale means “unhealthy”?
Red
Why would using cleaner energy help the environment from air pollution
Instead of using coal or oil that create tons of pollution, we could use wind or other clean resources
What human activity involves cutting down trees and increases pollution
Deforestation
What is a device lower sulfur emissions from emissions from coal-burning power plants.
What is Scrubber.
What gas protects us high in the atmosphere but is harmful near the ground
Ozone
What should people do when air quality is very poor
Stay indoors
This type of pollution reducing activity causes the stop of cars creating air pollution
Using bikes or public transport/ car pooling
What factory output pollutes the air
Smoke / emissions
What is fine solids such as pollen, dust, and soot as well liquid droplets in the air that irritate and damage lungs when breathe in.
What is Particulate Matter.
What pollutant comes from burning coal and can cause acid rain?
Sulfur dioxide
What group of people is most at risk from poor air quality?
Children, elderly, and people with asthma
What is the reason we should use less energy in our homes
It stops using energy from power plants
What natural event can also cause air pollution
Wildfires (or volcanic eruptions)