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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A pollutant that forms from the reaction of substances in the environmen | |
| What is a secondary pollutant? | harmful substance that forms when other pollutants react with each other in the environment (formed later) |
| examples of primary air pollutants | -Carbon monoxide -Sulfur dioxide -Nitrogen oxides -Particulate matter -Volatile organic compounds -Lead |
| What is smog? | term for a mixture of air pollutants over a city makes the air look hazy, dirty, or smoky. |
| what does temperate mean | moderate/ not extreme |
| What is emphysema, lung cancer, or heart disease? | long-term health effect of air pollution. |
| What is a scrubber | A pollution-control device used in industry ( found in smoke stacks of factories or power plants). |
| What is a primary pollutant? | A harmful substance that is released directly into the environment from a source. (released directly) |
| Two primary causes of human-produced air pollution | from energy use (fuel burning) and factories. |
| Name criteria pollutants regulated under the CAA | -Ground-level ozone -Particulate matter -Carbon monoxide -Sulfur dioxide -Nitrogen oxides -lead |
| carbon monoxide formula | CO |
| potential sources of carbon monoxide | - Vehicles -fires -furnaces and stoves -gas powered appliances |
| what was once used in gasoline,paints, and pipes | lead pb |
| what is a mitigation aproach to climate change | improve fuel efficiency of cars |
| what layer of earth do we live in | troposhpere |
| what layer of atmosphere protects ozone layer | stratosphere |
| what is main factor that determines how much solar energy an area will receive | latitude |
| global warming | rise in the average tempeture of the land and water on the earth |
| fossil fuels | -coal -oil -natural gas |
| catalytic converter | device in a car’s exhaust system that reduces harmful pollution from the engine. |
| scrubber | device used in factories or power plants to remove harmful particles or gases from smoke before it goes into the air. |
| what would happen if there were two few green house gasses | the earth would be too cool for life |
| whitch of the following is not a climate zone | equator zone |
| over the pass 200 years the the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has | increased steadily |
| what does anthropogenic mean | something that is caused by humans. |
| what has been linked to climate change | -flooding -droughts -melting of polar ice |
| ozone depleating chemical | CFCs |
| in 1970 the source of most of the airborne lead emmission in the united states was | gasoline |
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