Air Pollution

When harmful substances build up in the air to unhealthy levels.

• Air pollution

• Primary Pollutant

• Secondary Pollutant

• Smog

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Pollution put directly into the air by human activity

• Air pollution

• Primary Pollutant

• Secondary Pollutant

• Smog

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

When primary pollutants mix with one another or with naturally occurring substances such as water vapor and a chemical reaction occurs

• Air pollution

• Primary Pollutant

• Secondary Pollutant

• Smog

When air pollution hangs over urban areas and reduces visibility

• Air pollution

• Primary Pollutant

• Temperature Inversion

• Smog

When the air at a higher elevation is warmer which traps pollutants near Earth's surface

• Air pollution

• Primary Pollutant

• Temperature Inversion

• Smog

Major pollutant from vehicle exhaust

• Carbon Monoxide

• VOCs

• Sulfur Dioxide

• Nitrogen Oxides

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Major pollutant from coal burning power plants

• Carbon Monoxide

• VOCs

• Sulfur Dioxide

• Nitrogen Oxides

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Volatile organic compounds from burning fuels

• Carbon Monoxide

• VOCs

• Sulfur Dioxide

• Nitrogen Oxides

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Ozone

• Primary pollutant

• Secondary pollutant

• Sulfur Dioxide

• Nitrogen Oxides

Helps clean car exhaust

• Catalytic converter

• ZEV

• Electrostatic Precipitator

• Scrubber

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3