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Human Impacts
Topic 7, Lesson 2: Air Pollution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| point source | a specific source of pollution that can be identified |
| nonpoint source | a widely spread source of pollution that is difficult to link to a specific point of origin |
| emissions | pollutants that are released into the air |
| ozone | a form of oxygen that has three oxygen atoms in each molecule instead of the usual two; toxic to organisms where it forms near Earth's surface |
| acid rain | rain or another form of precipitation that is more acidic than normal, caused by the release of molecules of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide into the air |
| primary | first in rank or importance |