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can carry air pollution from one place to another wind
can trap pollution in a valley for a number for days temperature inversion
1970 allows the US government to set limits on the levels of harmful pollutants clean air act
what the clean air act limits carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxide, ozone, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide
Officials ____ air level in all major cities monitor
when pollution gets too high what happens an alert
the clean air act resulted in pollutions decreasing
source of ground level ozone cars
what is higher in pollution, indoor or outdoor air indoor is 50 times stronger
sources of indoor pollution tobacco smoke, cleaning products, carpets and upholstry
invisible gas found that escapes from the ground in most basements radon
air pollution causes this dease respiratory
cars in a city are examples of non-point source of pollution
when chemical in the air interact with sunlight smog
what is a corrosive pollutant sulfur dioxide
natural sources of methane marsh bacteria
a cubic centimeter of air contains how many solid particles thousands
are small or larger particles most dangerous small
on the AQI (air quality index) the most dangerous level is what color maroon
what is formed when chemical mix with water vapor acid precipitation
3 lung diseases respiratory / asthma heart attack weaken immune systems
4 sources of acid precipitation cars, factories, power plants, volcanoes
compound within acid preciptation sulfur dioxide / nitorgen
people most affected by air pollution children and elderly
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