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Air Pollution

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  • What does the greenhouse effect cause with air pollution?
    Warmer Earth Temperatures
  • What does EPA stand for?
    Environmental Protection Agency
  • What is an example of nitrogen oxides?
    Car Exhaust, Coal Power Plants, Factory Emissions
  • produced when sunlight reacts with nitrogen oxides and at least one volatile organic compound (VOC) in the atmosphere
    Photochemical Smog
  • rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes
    Acid Rain
  • What does AQI stand for?
    Air Quality Index
  • Examples: volcanic eruptions, forest fires, pollen distribution, and wind erosion
    Natural Causes of Pollution
  • Examples: factories, power plants, cars, airplanes, chemicals, fumes from spray cans, and methane gas from landfills
    Human Causes of Pollution
  • it was first used in the early 1900s to describe a mix of smoke and fog, the smoke usually came from burning coal
    Smog
  • What is an example of a VOC?
    Gasoline, Paints, Cleaning Solvents
  • the gradual thinning of Earth's ozone layer in the upper atmosphere caused by the release of chemical compounds
    Ozone Depletion
  • present naturally in the Earth’s upper atmosphere, it shields us from the sun’s harmful UV rays
    Good Ozone
  • a substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere
    Pollutants
  • What is an example of reducing air pollution?
    Answers will vary (Ride a bike, walk, carpool, recycle, etc...)
  • What does VOC stand for?
    Volatile Organic Compounds
  • forms near ground level when air pollutants react chemically in the presence of sunlight
    Bad Ozone
  • the job of supervising or taking care of something
    Stewardship
  • a governmental agency that focuses on protecting the environment
    EPA
  • the presence in or introduction into the air of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects
    Air Pollution
  • defined as when Earth's atmosphere becomes thick with gases and substances which trap the sun's radiation, making the Earth warmer
    Greenhouse Effect
  • What does maroon/burgundy color mean in the AQI?
    Hazardous Air Quality
  • What does green mean in an AQI?
    Good Air Quality
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