Types of Air Pollution
This is pollution made of tiny particles like dust, smoke, and dirt in the air.
What is particulate matter?
These vehicles are a major source of air pollution in cities.
What are cars?
Breathing polluted air can damage this organ.
What are the lungs?
Riding this instead of driving helps reduce pollution.
What is a bike?
This index measures how clean or polluted the air is.
What is the Air Quality Index (AQI)?
This gas is released from cars and is harmful to breathe.
What is carbon monoxide?
Burning this type of fuel (like coal and oil) causes a lot of pollution.
What are fossil fuels?
This condition makes it hard to breathe and can be worsened by pollution.
What is asthma?
This type of energy comes from the sun and doesn’t pollute the air.
What is solar energy?
This unit measures the amount of pollution in the air (ppm).
What is parts per million?
This type of pollution forms when sunlight reacts with chemicals in the air.
What is smog
These large buildings release pollution when producing goods.
What are factories?
Pollution can lead to this warming of Earth’s temperature.
What is global warming?
Carpooling helps reduce the number of these on the road.
What are cars?
Ozone in this layer of the atmosphere protects us from UV rays.
What is the stratosphere?
This invisible gas from burning fossil fuels contributes most to global warming.
What is carbon dioxide?
This farming activity releases methane gas into the air.
What is raising livestock?
Acid rain can damage this type of environment with many trees.
What are forests?
Governments create these rules to limit pollution.
What are environmental regulations/laws?
This process removes pollutants from the air using filters.
What is air filtration?
This pollutant, often from factories, can cause acid rain when mixed with water vapor.
What is sulfur dioxide?
This natural event can release huge amounts of ash and gases into the air.
What is a volcanic eruption?
Long-term exposure to pollution can increase the risk of this serious disease.
What is cancer?
This international agreement aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
What is the Paris Agreement?
These microscopic particles (PM2.5) are dangerous because they can enter the bloodstream.
What are fine particulate matters?