Air & Air Pollution

Having no emissions from tailpipes or gasoline

• ZEV's

• Primary Pollutants

• Smog

Results from chemical reactions involving sunlight, air, exhaust, and ozone

• ZEV's

• Smog

• Sea-coal

Scrubbers and electrostatic precipitators help industries meet the requirements of this

• Air Pollution Act

• Temperature Inversion Act

• Clean Air Act

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Put directly into the air by human activities

• secondary pollution

• smog

• primary pollution

A source of air pollution before modern times

• Sea-coal

• ozone

• carbon

Which is the secondary air pollutant?

• carbon monoxide

• ozone

• particulate matter

Volatile organic compounds

• are tiny particles of liquid or solid matter

• are produced by chemical interactions between sulfur and oxygen

• are an odorless, colorless poisonous gas

• are organic chemicals that form toxic fumes

Which device helps clean car exhausts?

• electrostatic precipitator

• catalytic converter

• scrubber

Atmospheric condition that traps pollution near the ground

• primary pollutant

• temperature inversion

• particulate matter

Which pair below are the two main sources of air pollution in urban areas?

• vehicles, volcanoes

• vehicles, industries

• industries, agriculture