Also Known As (AKA)
This indoor air pollutant binds with hemoglobin in the blood and prevents the binding of oxygen, making it toxic.
What is CO?
This type of stone is sometimes added to acidic lakes to lower the acidity.
What is limestone or calcium carbonate?
These pollutants come from compounds which come directly out of smokestacks, exhaust pipes, or emission sources.
What are primary pollutants?
Levels of this pollutant have fallen dramatically since the formulation of gasoline changed in the 1970's
What is lead (pb)?
This type of gas is an indoor pollutant which enters houses through cracks in the foundation. It is produced by the natural decay of Uranium.
What is radon?
Acid rain is the liquid form of this.
What is acid deposition?
In developing countries the most common indoor pollution is from using this fuel type.
What is burning wood (biomass)?
The introduction of chemicals or particulate matter into the atmosphere at concentrations high enough to harm plants, animals, buildings, or to alter ecosystems.
What is air pollution?
This represents the typical relative temperature from the Earth upward (but still within the trophosphere.)
What is warm-cool-cooler (or similar)
These are the 2 main ways that lead introduced into a home.
Paint (chipping)
Lead in pipes
The precursors or ingredients that cause this are: VOCs, NOx gases and sunlight.
What is photochemical smog
This element makes the combustion of coal the most significant contributor to acid rain/deposition.
What is Sulfur?
These types of pollutants undergo transformation in the presence of sunlight, water, oxygen, or other compounds.
What are secondary pollutants?
A pH sample was taken from soil in each of the following cities. Assuming the soil compositions are comparable which area had the worst problem with acid precipitation?
Boise Idaho/pH= 5.5. Sacramento, California/pH=6.1 Columbus Ohio/pH = 4.2 Caribou, Maine/pH = 4.8
What is Columbus, Ohio?
This indoor air pollutant might be found in your garage...if you leave the car running.
What is CO (which is lethal btw!)
This phenomena occurs in valleys and traps pollutants under a layer of warm air.
What is thermal inversion?
Volcanoes, forest fires and road construction are all forms of this kind of pollution.
What is particulate pollution?
H2SO4 and HNO3 produce this type of secondary pollution.
What is acid rain/deposition?
Thermal inversion is caused when a layer of this type of air traps cold air (and the pollution within the cold air) beneath it.
What is warm air?
Name 2 natural sources of indoor air pollution
Mold
Dust
Radon
Bacteria
These devices are used on coal power plants to reduce particulate pollution.
What are electrostatic precipitators (scrubbers)?
A natural source of VOCs is/are
Trees
Pine trees
flowers
These are the two primary pollutants that contribute to acid rain/deposition.
What are NOX and Sox
This county in Maine has the worst air quality.
What is Hancock County?
Formaldehyde belongs to this class of indoor (and outdoor) air pollutants
What are VOCs?