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Air Pollution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acid rain | harmful rain that can harm buildings and plants |
| climate | average temperature and precipitation in an area |
| ecosystem | a specific area where living and nonliving things interact |
| fossil fuel | a nonrenewable resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago |
| ozone | layer of gas that protects us from the Sun's rays |
| radon | radioactive odorless, tasteless gas given off by some rocks underground and my cause lung cancer with long term exposure |
| smog | a mixture of smoke, fog and chemicals; polluted air |
| radioactive | giving off dangerous levels of nuclear energy |
| EPA | government agency that enforces laws to help protect the environment; Environmental Protection Agency |
| pollutant | wast matter that contaminates the water, air or soil |