Pollution Sources
List two man-made sources of air pollution
Possible answers.....
Cars Factories Farms Cows
Burning of Fossil Fuels Construction
The word smog is a combination of two words. What are those two words?
What does A.Q.I stand for?
Air Quality Index
Write an AQI number that would be considered yellow.
51-100
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
What European city first experienced a problem with smog?
Hint: A type of smog is named after this city
London
What color AQI is the best/safest?
Green
Which has the largest particles.
PM2.5 PM10
PM10
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
Which of the two smogs types is most common in cities today?
Photochemical
What is the highest AQI number on the chart?
500
True or False.
A healthy person needs to be worried about an AQI of 94
False
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
Photochemical smog is formed by the action of
_______________________ on air pollutants.
Sunlight
AQI measures five pollutants. One is PM. What does "PM" stand for?
Particulate Matter
Photochemical smog mostly contains this gas that burns your lungs and stings your eyes.
About how much of our air pollution comes from cars/vehicles?
Half or 50%
The type of particulate matter is most likely to get into your bloodstream from your lungs.
PM2.5
Which city in the United States was the first to experience a serious problem with Photochemical Smog?
Los Angeles
At what AQI number do ALL people begin to experience health effects?
150 or 151
Burning fossil fuels produces several pollutants.......Name one
1. Carbon Monoxide
2. Nitrogen Oxides
3. Sulfur Oxides
This act/law helped to reduce air pollution in the United States by 60%
Clean Air Act