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Science Vocabeln
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| stratosphere | 2nd layer of atmosphere |
| troposphere | innermost layer of atmosphere |
| greenhouse gases | gases in earth's lower atmosphere that causes the greenhouse effect |
| pollutant | particular chem/ form of E that can adversely affect the health, survival, or activities of humours/ other living org |
| attrition | wearing/grinding of a sub by friction |
| suspended particulates | any solid particles/ droplets that are small enough to remain in air for long periods of time |
| vaporization | process in which a sub is changed from a liquid into gas |
| combustion | burning of comps containing carbon, burning of mixture of fuel and oxygen |
| VOCs | comps containing carbon that readily vaporizes at normal temp |
| photochem fog | brown-coloured haze produced when sunlight provides E for chem reactions that result in frmation of nitrogen dioxide |
| ozone | comp that consists of 3 atoms of oxygen |