Air pollution that hangs over cities and reduces visibility.
What is smog?
1
This type of precipitation has a lower pH level than normal precipitation.
Acid precipitation, or acid rain.
1
A pollutant that is put directly into the air by human activity.
What is a primary pollutant?
1
Long, thin fibers valued for thier strength and resistance to heat. This material is often used to insulate buildings.
What is asbestos?
1
Acid rain has been bad in this U.S. state, whose capital is Columbus.
What is Ohio?
1
This is the type of pollution that occurs when you guys yell all the time (unwanted sounds).
What is noise pollution?
1
A measure of how acidic or basic a substance is.
What is pH?
1
This is the process of removing the salt from salt water.
What is desalination?
1
This part of a car's exhaust system reduces emissions.
What is the catalytic converter?
1
This type of car uses both gasoline and electric power.
What is a hybrid?
1
The fine yellow dust often found coating everything outdoors that is all over the place and It can be damaging to your vehicle when mixes with moisture.
What is pollen?
1
This is the pH of pure water.
What is 7.0?
1
The condition when buildings have very poor air quality.
What is sick-building syndrome?
1
This is the symbol for Carbon Monoxide.
What is CO?
1
This government agency enforces to Clean Air Act.
What is The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA?
2
Organic chemicals that vaporize readily and form toxic fumes.
What are volatile organic compounds, or VOCs.
2
A sudden influx of acidic water that changes the water's pH.
What is acid shock?
2
This is a species that has a declining population and that is likely to become endangered if it is not protected.
What is a threatened species.
2
This gas is produced by the decay of uranium and often seems through cracks and holes from the ground into buildings.
What is radon?
2
This act requires industries to use scrubbers, among other things.
What is the Clean Air Act?
2
These form when primary pollutants react with other primary pollutants or with naturally occurring substances. Ozone is an example.
What are secondary pollutants?
2
Tiny particles of liquid or solid matter that become suspended in the air.
What are particulates (or pm)?
2
When air high in the sky is warmer than air at ground level.
What is temperature inversion?
2
This is the most abundant element in Earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
2
This is the percentage of species that have gone extinct in the last 200 years (within 5%).