Air Pollution
History of Air Pollution
Pollutant(s)
Effects of Air Pollution
Things Ya need Ta know!!!
100

A type of pollutant that is released directly into the atmosphere

What is a primary pollutant?

100
The Clean Air Act, passed in 1970 and strengthened in 1990, gives the government the authority to regulate _____________________.
What are vehicle emissions?
100

A type of pollutant that is released directly into the atmosphere

What is Primary Pollutant?

100
Long-term effects on health that have been linked to air pollution include_______, lung cancer, and heart disease.
What is emphysema?
100

Smog results from chemical reactions that involve______, automobile exhaust, and ozone.

What is sunlight?

200

Activities such as construction and agriculture are primary sources of________.


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What is particulate matter?

200
A hybrid electric vehicle __________ the amount of emissions that are released by cars.
What is reduces?
200

a colorless, practically odorless, and tasteless gas or liquid. It results from incomplete oxidation of carbon in combustion

What is Carbon Monoxide?

200

Greenhouse gases trap heat, causing global temperatures to rise.

What is global warming?

200

Temperature inversions work to trap pollution when______.

What is warm air above keeps cooler air at the surface from moving upward?

300

Secondary pollutants form when a(n)________ pollutant comes into contact with other_________ pollutants, or with naturally occurring substances such as water vapor, and a chemical reaction takes place.

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What is primary?

300
One primary pollutant released by a car is
carbon monoxide OR automobile exhaust
300

Activities such as construction and agriculture are primary sources of________.

What is Particular Matter?

300
Cancer is a _____-term effect of air pollution.
What is long?
300

This occurs in the atmosphere  when the middle layer of gases are warmer than the surrounding ones. This keeps the pollutants trapped even longer. 

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What is "Temperature  Inversion" 

400

A type of pollutant that results from the chemical reaction between other pollutants

What is a secondary pollutant?

400

What pollutant forms when automobile emissions react with oxygen gas and ultraviolet rays?

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What is ground-level ozone?

400

Released from burning fuels, solvents, paints, contribute to smog

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What are Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

400

What substance found indoors can cut human lungs?

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What are asbestos?

400

The term to describe the various ailments and consequences that can happen to humans who work in a poor indoor air quality office.

What is sick-building syndrome?

500
What are the two biggest causes of air pollution?
What are motor vehicle emissions and industrial air pollution?
500

In what type of areas would you find the most smog?

What is urban? (I'll take CITY as well)

500

A secondary pollutant formed near the ground when sunlight reacts with Nitrogen oxides (Nox) and VOCs,  in the air.

What is Ground Lvl Ozone (O3)

500

Name four consequences to Global warming 

I'll take... Rise in sea lvls, melting ice sheets, extreme weather patterns, drought, weaken ozone. 

500

What is often used to remove poisonous gases from industrial emissions before they are released into the atmosphere?

What are scrubbers?

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