Types of Air Pollution
Effects
Origin
Miscellaneous
Solutions
100
Air pollution that hangs over cities and reduces visibility.
What is smog?
100
Builds up in the air trapping heat which could lead to global warming.
What is Carbon dioxide ( CO2)?
100
Comes from car exhaust
What is Carbon monoxide (CO)?
100
What are the three types of pollution?
What are Air, Land, and Water?
100
Cleaning of waste gases from industries
What is Sulphur dioxide (SO2)?
200
This is the type of pollution that occurs when you guys yell all the time (unwanted sounds).
What is noise pollution?
200
Dissolved in rainwater forming acid rain.
What is Sulphur dioxide (so2)?
200
Comes from the burning of fossil fuels or deforestation.
What is Carbon dioxide (CO2)?
200
Can be both visible and invisible
What is Air pollution?
200
Use more efficient engines.
What is Carbon dioxide (CO2)?
300
The presence or introduction of harmful or poisonous substances into the environment.
What is pollution?
300
It is a very poisonous gas that causes headaches and even death.
What is Carbon monoxide (CO)?
300
Comes from Aerosol Propellants.
What is Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)?
300
It is a natural Pollutant
What is Volcanic ash?
300
Recycle old machinery.
What is Chlorofluorocarbon (CFCs)
400
Carbon particles due to incomplete burning from quarries sawmills and factories.
What are Smoke and Dust?
400
Breaks down the Ozone layer.
What is Chlorofluorocarbon (CFCs)?
400
Comes from soot formation.
What are Dust and Smoke?
400
What is Air pollution?
400
This act requires industries to use scrubbers, among other things.
What is the Clean Air Act?
500
Cooling agents in refrigerants and air conditioning.
What is Chlorflourocarbons (CFCs)?
500
Esteamly flammable gas?
What is Methane (CH4)?
500
Comes from the oil and gas industry.
What is Methane (CH4)?
500
This is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
500
Regulation of Volatile organic compounds (VOC).
What is Methane (CH4)