Air Pollution and Criteria Pollutants

Ground level ozone is an example of

• primary source

• secondary source

A colorless, odorless gas that decreases the blood's ability to carry oxygen.  Can cause faintness, death.

• Nitrogen oxides
• Ground-level ozone
• Carbon monoxide
• Sulfur dioxide

The Clean Air Act establishes national standards for the allowable outdoor concentration of _____ criteria air pollutants.

• 6

• 4

• 8

• 12

 ______________ ______________ is produced when fuels containing sulfur are burned in the presence of oxygen.

• Carbon monoxide
• Sulfur dioxide
• Carbon monoxide
• Greenhouse gas

Tags

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A metallic element that was once in gasoline, pipes and paint and can cause brain damage.

• Lead

• Particulate matter

• Ground-level ozone

• Nitrogen oxides

Used on factory stacks to remove gases and particulate.

• Filters
• Emission reducers
• Scrubbers
• Filter Strips

Tags

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Source of carbon monoxide

• Incomplete combustion of fossil fuels

• Combustion of fossil fuels

• Decomposition of plant and animal matters

• Photochemical reaction of CO₂

An air pollution prevention mechanism found in vehicles. 

• combustion chamber
• electrostatic precipitator
• scrubber
• catalytic converter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

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What is a primary pollutant? 

• pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities
• pollutants that react with other primary pollutants

Which system of the body is mainly affected by air pollution?

• Respiratory problems

• Immune

• Muscular

• Integument