Pollution Vocab Quiz

rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm

• Acid rain

• Thunderstorm

• Smog

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

the contamination of the atmosphere by the introduction of pollutants from human and natural resources

• Acid Rain

• Air Pollution

• Primary Pollutant

• Secondary Pollutant

pollutant emitted directly from a source

• Acid Rain

• Air Pollution

• Primary Pollutant

• Secondary Pollutant

pollutant not directly emitted, but forms when other pollutants react in the atmosphere

• Acid Rain

• Air Pollution

• Primary Pollutant

• Secondary Pollutant

fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants that make it really hard to breath

• Nimbostratus

• Smog

• Stratus

• Fog

the activity or job of protecting and being responsible for something

• Stewardship

• pollution

• Once-ler

a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, e.g., carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons.

• Global Warming

• Greenhouse Gases

• oxygen

• O3

a gradual increase in average global temperature typically caused by the greenhouse effect

• Global Warming

• Greenhouse gases

• AQI

agency of the United States federal government whose mission is to protect human and environmental health.

• FBI

• CIA

• NSA

• EPA

• ATF

index for reporting daily air quality that tells you how clean or polluted your air is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for you.

• AQI

• EPA

• FBI

• ATF

• CIA