Air pollutants
Diesel fuels and coal burning release a heck of a lot of what? (the precursors to ACID RAIN)
SOx
(NOx) from cars
This gas is beneficial in the stratosphere but harmful in the troposphere. What is the molecule?
Ozone (O3)
Air pollution primarily affects this body system.
respiratory
These devices in cars convert toxic gases into less harmful substances.
Catalytic Converters
This radioactive gas seeps into homes from bedrock.
Radon
This colorless, odorless gas from incomplete combustion binds to hemoglobin.
Carbon Monoxide
This type of smog is common in sunny cities like Los Angeles.
Photochemical smog
Reduced visibility and contributes to haze. Can cause lung cancer and higher often in rural environments
PM
This smokestack technology removes particulate matter by using a charged plate that particles stick to before it enters the atmosphere.
Electrostatic percipitator
Burning biomass indoors is common in developing countries and releases this pollutant.
PM
These pollutants form in the atmosphere from reactions between primary pollutants.
Secondary pollutants
What time of day are ozone / smog concentrations going to be the highest? Why
Afternoon. Rush hour + sun
Of the 6 pollutants that are monitored by the EPA, which is the only one that is a secondary pollutant
Ozone
This technology in smokestacks removes sulfur dioxide using limestone or water.
Scrubbers
Pressed wood can release this
formeldahyde
This pollutant contributes to acid deposition and is produced by burning coal.
Sulfur Dioxide
(SO2)
Ground-level ozone forms when sunlight reacts with these two pollutants.
VOC and NOx
What effect does acid rain have on soil?
Lowers the pH
Depletes nutrients
Releases toxic metals (Al)
Switching from coal to this fuel reduces sulfur dioxide emissions.
Natural gas
A form of indoor air pollutant that is a PM often used in insulation
Asbestos
Tiny solid or liquid particles suspended in air that can damage lungs.
Particulate Matter
Hydrogen ions make a substance more/less acidic
more
A phenomenon that happens in urban areas near a coast, in the winter time, surrounded by a mountain range
Temperature or thermal inversion
This is often found naturally in the bedrock of soils where it neutralizes the pH of acid rain
Limestone, Marble, Calcium carbonate
sick building syndrome