AIR QUALITY
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lauriorantes on June 29, 2011
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Major sources of air pollution, the causes of smog and acid rain and the improvement of air quality
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Air Pollution | What affects health of humans and other living things. |
| Pollutants | Harmful substances in the air, water, or soil. |
| Natural Sources | Forest Fires, soil erosion, dust storms, mold, pollens, and erupting volcanoes are what? |
| Farming, Construction, and Burning of Fossil Fuels | What human Activities effect air quality? |
| Smog | What is smoke or soot and fog? |
| London type Smog | Particles in coal smoke combine w/ water droplets in humid air. |
| Photochemical Smog | Forms in sunny cities when sunlight reacts w/ pollutants such as hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides to form brown haze. |
| Ozone | Is in the troposphere and is a pollutant that irritates eyes, throat, lungs, and harms plants. |
| Acid Rain | Nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides combine w/ water in the air to form nitric acid and sulfuric acid which are carried to Earth in precipitation; damages plants, animals, buildings, and statues. |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Is a federal agency monitors air pollutants. |
| Improved | Air quality has ... in the U.S over the past 30yrs. |
| Cars and Power Plants | If we increase the number of .... and more .... ..... are increasing the air pollution. |
| By hydrocarbons combined w/ nitrogen oxides to form smog. By Nitrogen oxides combining with sulfur oxides and water to form acid rain. | Explain how nitrogen oxides form acid rain and smog. |
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