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Air Quality
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |