Impact on Air
A problem caused by increased levels of CFC's in the atmosphere.
What is ozone depletion?
3 reasons why land is important to humans.
1. Fossil fuels for energy
2. nutrients for plants to grow
3. minerals for construction and technology
4. provides shelter and paper products
The measure of how acidic or alkaline water is.
pH
Carbon Dioxide and Methane are examples of what?
greenhouse gases
Pollution can cause harm to air, water, land, or all of them.
What is all of them?
What are 3 short term and 3 long term effects of air pollution on health?
headache, emphysema
eye, nose, and throat irritation lung cancer
nausea heart disease
shortness of breath stroke
asthma attacks respiratory disease
What is it called when the land becomes increasingly dry and soil can erode away?
desertification
Water pollution can affect surface water and this other type of water.
groundwater
An increase in this gas is primarily responsible for increased global warming.
What is carbon dioxide
The ozone layer protects people from what?
UV Radiation
This law's main purpose is to control air pollution.
Clean Air Act
The most dramatic result of deforestation.
What is loss of habitat for approximately 70% of the world's species?
What is a possible negative effect of the use of pesticides and fertilizers on the environment?
1. Land pollution
2. Runoff carries these chemicals into lakes and streams
Continued depletion of the ozone layer will most likely result in this type of cancer in humans.
What is skin cancer?
During urbanization, forests, fields, and grasslands are replaced with these things.
Houses, buildings, roads, schools, shopping areas, hospitals
Pollutants released by what 2 things is the main cause of smog?
cars and industries
3 Causes of land pollution
mining
pesticides
landfills
(not increase in greenhouse gases)
Rapid growth of algae in a pond is often the result of what?
Excess nutrients from fertilizer runoff
Increased amounts of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere may lead to _____________ _________.
global warming
Cutting down trees in order to build homes and buildings etc.
Deforestation
What is the interaction of sunlight with pollutants produced by burning fossil fuels?
smog
Materials that can be harmful to human health or the environment if they are not properly stored, transported, treated, or disposed of are called what?
Hazardous Waste
The pollution that results from nitrogen and sulfur compounds mixing with water in the atmosphere.
What is acid rain?
What is the term for the trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere by greenhouse gases?
Greenhouse effect
Dust, ash and pollen are examples of this air pollutant
Particulate matter