layers of atmosphere
The lowest layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs.
What is the Troposphere?
Main human cause of air pollution.
What is burning fossil fuels?
What pH range indicates acid rain?
Below 5.6
Producers get carbon from this process.
What is photosynthesis?
Tool used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
The layer containing the ozone layer.
What is the Stratosphere?
Point vs. non‑point: A single factory smokestack.
What is a point source?
The Montreal Protocol helped stop this environmental issue.
What is ozone depletion?
This process returns carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
What is cellular respiration?
The gas that makes up most of Earth’s atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
Which layer has the lowest temperature?
What is the Mesosphere?
Name one health effect of air pollution.
What is asthma (or heart disease, respiratory illness)?
CFCs were once found in these household items.
What are aerosol sprays / refrigerants?
Name one carbon sink.
What are oceans or forests?
What human activity forms photochemical smog?What human activity forms photochemical smog?
What is vehicle emissions in sunlight?
Where do auroras occur?
What is the Thermosphere?
What are the two main gases that cause acid rain? What are SO₂ and NOₓ?What are the two main gases that cause acid rain?
What are SO₂ and NOₓ?
Ozone is helpful in which layer?
What is the Stratosphere?
What happens to carbon in dead organisms over millions of years?
It becomes fossil fuels or rock.
What law says matter cannot be created or destroyed?
What is the Law of Conservation of Matter?
What happens to air pressure as you go higher?
It decreases.
This act passed in 1970 improved U.S. air quality. What is the Clean Air Act?This act passed in 1970 improved U.S. air quality.
What is the Clean Air Act?
What makes acid rain less of a problem today?
What are regulations under the Clean Air Act?
How does burning fossil fuels disrupt the carbon cycle?
It adds extra CO₂ to the atmosphere.
Why is global cooperation important for reducing acid rain?
Because pollution travels across borders.