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EnvSci 9

Chapter 9 all sections

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a Sour-tasting substance that reacts with metalss to produce hydrogen acid
another term for acid rain acid deposition
precipitation with high levels of acidity acid rain
a material in the air that harms living things and nonliving things air pollutant
pollution in the air air pollution
a bitter, slippery substance that contains teh dydroxyl radical base
long-term storage of carbon in forests, soild, oceans, and underground carbon sequestration
a place where carbon builds up and is stored carbon sink
a device designed to reduce emissions of air pollutants from vehicle exhaust catalytic converter
a change in Earth's climate associated with global warming climate change
acid pollutants that settle on the earth as solids dry deposition
a release of a substance into the environment emission
the warming of the atmosphere because of trapped heat around the earth greenhouse effect
a gas in the atmosphere that helps trap heat around the earth greenhouse gas
pollution that is found and measured indoors indoor air pollution
a form of smog produced by burning coal and oil industrial smog
bothersome brightness or glare caused by human-made lights light pollution
neither an acid nor a base, having a pH of 7 neutral
noise that interrupts daily life noise pollution
pollution that is found and measured in outdoor air outdoor air pollution
a harmful gas found in photochemical smog ozone
liquid or solid particles in the air particulate matter
a number that tells whether a substance is an acid or a base pH
a mixture of pollutants produced primarily by burning gasoline photochemical smog
a harmful chemical that enters the air directly primary air pollutant
a group of two or more atoms that acts like one atom radical
related to breathing respiratory
device that removes sulfur from industrial sm okestack emissions scrubber
a harmful chemical that forms as a reaction between other chemicals in the air secondary air pollutant
a haze that forms as a result of vehicle and industry emissions smog
increased temperatures in urban areas caused by human development and activity urban heat island effect
Acid pollutants that reach the earth in precipitation wet deposition
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