What causes air pollution
Helps to protect the Air
Effects
Do you know
Water availability
100
Results from chemical reactions involving sunlight, air, exhaust, and ozone
What is Smog
100
Have no emissions from tailpipes or gasoline
What is ZEV-Zero emission Vehicles
100
Emphysema, lung cancer, and heart disease all are examples of
What is long term health effects
100
Which industries is the largest producer of primary air pollutants in the United States
What is Transportation Then use of electricity
100
the accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain
What is biomagnification..Phytoplankton eaten by fish, fish eaten by bigger fish, and larger fish eaten by Quaternary consumers like us or bears. As you go up the food chain toxicity increases.
200
Scrubbers and electrostatic precipitators help industries meet the requirements of this
What is Clean Air Act- passed in 1970 and strengthened in 1990 give EPA authority to regulate vehicle emissions. elimination of lead in gasoline.
200
headache, bronchitis, irritation to eyes, nose, coughing, and pneumonia
What is short term effects
200
contamination of water
What is wastewater
200
Most freshwater on earth is
What is frozen in ice caps. Fresh water is 3%. SaLT water is 97% and desalination is to expensive and uses to much water in the process of removing salt.
300
Atmospheric condition that traps pollution near the ground
What is Temperature inversion - warm air trapped between cool air does not allow pollutants to move upward. cooler near earth surface than above, then warm air with cooler air above.
300
Pollution created by man
What is primary air pollution- Each man, woman, and child can make a difference. Turn off lights, ride a bus, turn down sound on TV and other electrical devices(even saving battery usage is good), watch use of water, use more organic (natural) products. recycle, reuse, reduce. do not WASTE.
300
A natural indoor pollutant that is odorless, tasteless, radioactive gas
What is radon
300
The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through its open spaces
What is permability?
300
pH of acid rain
What is below 5.6...causes death to plants(decrease in plants and animals and animals, suffocation of fish, lower reproduction rates
400
Is causing a rise in the number of hearing aids sold
What is Noise pollution
400
better soil and a process in cleaning water where air is added
What is areation
400
The percentage of total volume of a rock or sediment that consists of open spaces
What is porosity. porosity. The more pores the better air and water can flow to plants.
400
pollution that comes from many sources
What is nonpoint source pollution
500
direct light downward, use time controls on light switches or TV, use energy efficient lighting.
What is light pollution? Diminishes our view of the night sky. waste of energy...depleting natural resources.
500
Acid precipitation can be traced back to
What is burning fossil fuels.
500
In 1991 Canada and U>S> Air Quality Agreement is meant to reduce
What is reduce the acidic emission flowing across the Canada-U.S. boundary.
500
The area of land drained by a water system
What is a watershed. water sheds down the land and goes to a puddle in your back yard, stream, lake, or river
500
An area in which water travels downward to add water to become part of an aquifer
What is a recharge zone.
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