Sources of Pollution
The most common source of air pollution in America
What is Car Exhaust
The name for the distance between the land's surface and the top of the aquifer; The boundary between ground that is saturated and ground that is unsaturated
What is the water table
The protective layer that absorbs UV rays from the sun before they can reach the surface
What is the Ozone Layer
The maximum amount of people in a town to be considered rural
what is 2500
The opposite of deforestation
What is reforestation
This fuel source is notorious for emitting sulfur dioxide into the air when burned
What is Coal
The most common material for aquifers to be made of
What is limestone/calcium carbonate
The name for a pollutant that forms in the air from existing pollutants
What is an indirect pollutant
The name for public commodities such as roads, bridges, train stations, and sewer systems
What is infrastructure
An efficient way to get water to crops where a hose with small holes is placed along the roots to minimize the loss of water to evaporation
What is drip irrigation
This recreational sport location is one of the largest sources of fertilizer and pesticide runoff in rivers
What are Golf Courses
The name for the land above an aquifer that feeds into it
What is the recharge zone
The common name for the haze that forms from the reaction between car exhaust and UV light
What is smog
The largest pollutant from water runoff from roads, especially in the winter
What is rock salt
The filter added to the exhaust pipe of cars to remove the toxins before they reach the environment
What is a catalytic converter
The name for when the origins of a pollutant cannot be traced to a single culprit
What is a non-point source
This hazard forms when the material an aquifer is made of dissolves, leaving an empty pocket underground
What is a sink hole
The effect where the center of a city becomes a distinctly warmer climate than the edges
What is the heat island effect
The period of huge dust storms in the great plains caused by deforestation and overgrazing in the 1930s
What is the Dust Bowl
Spraying this compound on lakes and rivers will decrease its acidity
What is lime/calcium carbonate
Often found in basements, this element undergoes radioactive decay to form Radon in the Earth's crust
What is Uranium
The largest aquifer in the US
What is the Colorado aquifer/Great Plains aquifer
The acidic compound that forms when carbon dioxide interacts with water vapor
What is carbonic acid
The name for parks and preserves within cities and towns
What are green/open spaces
The best solution to stop non point source pollution
What is public awareness