Air Pollution

An air pollution prevention mechanism found in vehicles. 

• combustion chamber
• electrostatic precipitator
• scrubber
• catalytic converter

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

_______________ are any type of pollutant directly into the environment.

• asbestos

• smog

• primary pollutants

• secondary pollutants

Electrostatic precipitators can be used to remove this type of air pollutant.

• volatile organic compounds

• sulfur dioxide

• particulate matter

• ground level ozone

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

___________ results from chemical reactions involving sunlight, air, exhaust, and ozone

• Fog

• Smog

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Two thousand years ago, Seneca, a Roman philosopher and writer, complained about the foul air in Rome. In 1273, England’s King Edward I ordered that burning a particularly dirty kind of coal called ____________ was illegal.

• lignite

• sea-coal

• bituminous

• anthracite

_______________ is an atmospheric condition that traps pollution near the ground

• Temperature inversion

• Pressure

  inversion

• Temperature anomaly

• Pressure

  gradient

Which of these problems can be caused by air pollution?

• Respiratory problems
• Reduced food sources for humans
• Increased disease for humans
• Decrease in global temperatures

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Radon gas is most harmful to which part of the body?

• Eyes
• Lungs
• Heart
• Kidneys

When a building has bad air quality, it has something called

• Sick building syndrome
• Radon
• Carbon monoxide
• Smog

Which pollution causes hearing loss in organisms?

• Air pollution

• Noise pollution

• Water pollution

• Soil pollution

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4