Measurement Units
The most common unit of measurement for air pollutants, conversion of 738 ppm to percentage, and other equivalents.
What is parts per million/ppm, 0.0738%, parts per billion, and micrograms per cubic meter?
The human causes for carbon monoxide and lead pollution.
What is man made fires and burning fossil fuels for carbon monoxide and paint, contaminated water, and contaminated soil for lead?
The natural causes for carbon monoxide pollution.
What is coal mining and natural gas/oil/propane?
The health concerns of nitrogen oxide and the effects of ozone pollution.
What is asthma and lung damage for nitrogen oxide and respiratory issues for ozone pollution with risk of damaging crop yields, paints, plastics, and metals?
These are the impacts and main sources of criteria air pollutants.
What are smog, acid rain, and health hazards for impact and mining, transportation, and power generation for sources including the combustion of fossil fuels/industrial processes?
The primary air pollutant sources and an example.
What is carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides, and particulates? Ex. carbon monoxide from a car
The human causes for nitrogen oxide and ozone pollution.
What is burning fossil fuels and industrial power generation for nitrogen oxide and transportation, industrial power generation, and industrial processes for ozone?
The natural causes for lead pollution.
What is rock weathering, soil, and water?
The effects of carbon monoxide and lead pollution.
What is production of CO in the presence of O2, N2O, and UV radiation as well as concerns for flu like symptoms and organ damage from carbon monoxide; high blood pressure, miscarriages, and premature birth for lead?
The common name, common pollutants, and sources of indoor air pollution.
What is the "sick building" syndrome; mold, biological contaminents, particulate matter, radon, and second hand smoke for common pollutants; and damp environment, dust, and gases for sources?
The secondary air pollutant sources and an example.
What is reaction from primary pollutants. Ex. sulfur trioxide, sulfuric acid, ozone, and smog?
The human causes for peroxyacyl nitrates (PANs), acid deposition, and sulfur oxide pollution.
What is transportation and tobacco smoke for PANs, vehicles and power generation for acid deposition, and power stations and industrial power generation for sulfur oxide?
The natural causes for nitrogen oxide and ozone pollution.
What is the nitrogen cycle, bush fires, and lightning strikes for nitrogen oxide and VOC release from plants, soil, and wildfires for ozone?
The effects and reduction methods of peroxyacyl nitrates (PANs) and effects of sulfur oxide.
What is respiratory damage and eye irritation for health effects and limiting wood burning, reducing smokestacks, and reducing fossil fuels for PANs; reduction of crop yield damage to building materials, and respiratory issues for sulfur oxide?
The steps of the formation of industrial smog.
Step 1 - Carbon in coal or oil is burned
Step 2 - Unburned carbon becomes soot or particulate matter
Step 5 - Sulfur trioxide reacts with water to create sulfuric acid
Step 6 - Sulfuric acid reacts with ammonia to form brown, solid ammonium sulfate
The definition of point source pollution.
What is when a contaminant comes from obvious, single, localized source?
The human causes for suspended particulate matter, noise pollution, and volatile organic compound (VOCs) pollution.
What is industrial power plants and transportation for suspended particulate matter; transportation, industry, activities, and construction for noise pollution; and household cleaning products for VOCs?
The natural causes for sulfur oxide and suspended particulate matter pollution.
What are forest fires, hot springs, marshes, and volcanoes for sulfur oxide and volcanoes, dust storms, and forest fires for suspended particulate matter?
The forms, causes, and damages of suspended particulate matter and health concerns of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
What is solid/liquid matter, small particles stay in the air for long periods of time, and increased risk for health problems for suspended particulate matter; eye, nose, throat irritation, and cancer risk for VOCs?
The principle behind catalytic converters and the EPA's perspective on them.
What is the conversion of toxic exhaust fumes into noxious chemicals; viewed by the EPA as a contributor to global warming for release of nitrous oxide?
The definition of non-point source pollution.
What is the contaminant comes from a source that is not easily identifiable?
The human causes for the formation of photochemical smog along with the city affected by industrial smog in 1952.
What is the burning of gasoline increases concentrations of nitrogen oxides and VOCs, causing sunlight to break down NO2 and increase the centralization of ozone.
Affected London in 1952.
The natural causes for volatile organic compound (VOCs) and acid deposition pollution.
What is emissions from plants, forest fires, and anaerobic moors for VOCs and wildfires, lightning strikes, and volcanoes for acid deposition?
The health effects of indoor air pollution, the two types and effects of acid deposition, and effects/control measures for noise pollution.
What is ear, eye, nose, throat, head, and respiratory irritation from indoor air pollution, wet and dry acid deposition increase solubility of toxic metals, leach soil nutrients and reduce buffering capacity for acid deposition; hearing loss and stress require engagement of the community to control noise pollution through planting more trees and enforcing event limitations?
The typical areas, heat-absorbing materials, and controlling measures of heat islands and normal temp. layers, inversion temp. layers, inversion results, and case study cause/results for temperature inversions.
What is metropolitan areas for location; concrete, building material, and asphalt for absorbing materials; tree cover, green roofs, and special pavement for controlling measures of heat islands; warm, cool, and cooler for normal tem. layers; cool, warm inversion, and cool for inversion layers; reduced visibility, increased smog, and poor air quality for inversion results; and California mining fractures mountain caused acid drainage into Sacramento River for case study cause/results?