Pollution Sources
List two man-made sources of air pollution
Possible answers.....
Cars Factories Farms
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 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
The LESS air pollutants, the MORE healthy is the air.
TRUE or FALSE
False
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
EPA is responsible for the protection of human health and the environment What does EPA means?
Environmental Protection Agency
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
The age group/s that will be affected most of air pollution.
young ones
elderly
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%
These gases absorb and radiate heat from the sun
Greenhouse gases
Which city in the United States was the first to experience a serious problem with Photochemical Smog?
Los Angeles
What color indicates that the air is UNHEALTHY.
red
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