Air Pollution
Most air pollution is produced by
What is burning fossil fuels?
One major effect of climate change
What are rising temperatures?
Layer where weather occurs
What is the Troposphere?
Two main greenhouse gases
What are CO₂ and CH₄?
Main cause of Coriolis Effect
What is the Earth's rotation?
The main component of smog
What is Ozone (O3)?
Evidence of climate change
What are sea level rise/extreme weather?
Layer with ozone layer
What is the Stratosphere?
What greenhouse gases do
trap heat
What Coriolis Effect impacts
What is the wind direction?
Common Sources of VOCs
What are Solvent, paint, petroleum, furniture, aerosol sprays, cleaning agents?
NOT evidence of climate change
What is less water vapor?
Order of layers from Earth up (first two)
What is the Troposphere → Stratosphere?
Main human source of greenhouse gases
What is electricity & transportation?
This is a radioactive gas that is present in homes
What is radon?
Conditions that increase photochemical smog
What are sunny, dry, calm winds, urban areas?
Human solution to climate change
What is renewable energy / efficiency / carbon removal?
Layer NOT containing ozone
What is the Mesosphere?
Effect of melting land ice
What is raises sea levels?
Agency responsible for Clean Air Act
Who is the EPA?
Pollutants are formed by reactions in the air
What are secondary pollutants?
Health effects of climate change
What are heat stress, disease spread, respiratory issues?
Depletion of the ozone layer is caused by:
What are CFCs?
What greenhouse gases cause
What is warms the Earth?
Primary pollutant definition
Directly emitted into air