Point Source Pollutants
This pesky molecule was banned in the 1987 to precent ozone depletion.
What is chlorfluorocarbon? (CFC)
H2SO4 is a key player in acid deposition, making is this type of pollutant (choose "primary" or "secondary").
What is secondary? (sulfuric acid)
This federal act allows the US government to regulate and monitor air quality and pollution.
What is the clean air act?
Walking or biking is an example of this pollution technique (choose "prevention" or "reduction").
What is pollution prevention?
Mr. McKeon graduated this high school in the rad year of 2009 with orange, blue, and white regalia.
What is John Randolph Tucker? (JRT)
Rice paddy fields, animal agriculture, and specifically, digestive processes, are associated with this greenhouse gas.
What is methane?
This toxic gas is invisible, can cause sudden death when inhaled, and is most concerning in developing countries where indoor wood stoves are common.
What is carbon monoxide? (CO)
This international treaty solved the hole in the ozone layer debacle.
What is the Montreal Protocol?
Taxing the emissions produced by companies is an example of this pollution technique (choose "prevention" or "reduction").
What is pollution reduction?
Mr. McKeon's daughters are named after these two VA native species.
Who are Lily Harper McKeon and Violet Ann McKeon?
Smoke stacks from manufacturing release this microscopic particle. Examples include soot, ash, and dust.
What is particulate matter? (PM)
Tropospheric ozone causes any number of these specific human health concerns (name one).
Respitory illness, eye / throat irritation, exacerbation of bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, etc.
In 2015, this international treaty was signed by 195 countries in an an agreement to put caps on carbon and prevent future climate change.
What is the Paris Agreement?
This smog trapping phenomena occurs when a warm air mass is trapped between two cold air masses.
What is temperature inversion?
Mr. McKeon's lovely wife attended this college to study psychology and was the head of sorority recruitment for Delta Delta Delta.
What is Virginia Tech? (VT)
This pollutant comes from vehicle tailpipes and incomplete combustion.
What is NOx?
Lung cancer is typically associated with this harmful gas that is stored in soil and rock layers beneath home foundations.
What is radon? (Rn)
Signed in 1997, this international agreement set the foundation for stopping man-made CO2 emissons in an effort to prevent global warming.
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
Photochemical smog, or brown smog, forms when these two molecules react with sunlight in the lower atmosphere.
What is VOC and NOx?
In 2015, Mr. McKeon met his wife on this holiday, and they've been inseperable since.
What is Halloween?
Air fresheners, paint, and many cleaning supplies contain this photochemical smog ingredient.
What are volatile organic compounds? (VOCs)
This secondary pollutant is notorious for negatively impacting crop yields and eye irritation after it forms in photochemical smog.
What are peroxyacyl nitrates? (PANs)
This act provides a Superfund to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites, as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment
What is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act? (CERCLA)
One of the primary components of photochemical smog is this two-faced, ground-level molecule.
What is tropospheric ozone? (or ground-level ozone)
These are a few video games Mr. McKeon has played in the last year. Name three of the six.
Clair Obscur E33, Elden Ring Nightreigh, Hades 2, Bloodborne, Dispatch, and Pokopia.