Pollution Sources
List two man-made sources of air pollution
Possible answers.....
Cars Factories Farms Cows
Burning of Fossil Fuels Construction
an increase in temperature around the world that could eventually be harmful to living things.
global warming
What does A.Q.I stand for?
Air Quality Index
Which law is used to regulate air pollution?
The clean air act
Name one thing you can do to improve the quality of the air we breathe?
Walk, Bike, Carpool, Reduce Driving, Drive electric car,
List two natural sources of air pollution.
Possible answers........
Volcanoes Wildfires
Radon Lightning Dust Storms
Animals
When the PH level in precipitation decreases
acid rain
What color AQI is the best/safest?
Green
The word smog is a combination of two words. What are those two words?
Smog + Fog
Ozone is unhealthy to breathe at ground level. Where does ozone exist where it is very helpful?
Stratosphere
Any harmful substance in the air, water, or soil.
Pollutant
These are large thick masses of ice that melt because of global warming.
glaciers
What color AQI is the worst?
Maroon
are chemicals largely responsible for depleting the ozone layer
CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons)
List the AQI colors in order from safest to most dangerous.
Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, Purple, Maroon
This type of rain was once problem in the US. It was caused mainly when gases from burning fossil fuels mixed with water in the air.
Acid Rain
what in our atmosphere is starting to form a hole?
The ozone layer
AQI measures five pollutants. One is PM. What does "PM" stand for?
Particulate Matter
why is it important to monitor the air pollution?
to maintain human respiratory health
what causes air pollution to travel?
Winds
Pollutants formed by the combination of primary pollutants in the atmosphere
secondary polluntants
what are 3 health effects?
Cancer, respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease,etc
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what is a effect of ozone depletion
skin cancer
This act/law helped to reduce air pollution in the United States by 60%
Clean Air Act