Topic 6

Air Pollution that Contains Ozone Formed by Sunlight

• Anticyclone

• Ozone

• Thermal Inversion

• Photochemical Smog

Amount of Solar Energy received per unit area

• Solar Constant

• Solar Miniumum

• Solar Maximum

• Solar Balance

Cause of a Thermal Inversion

• Cold air staying over warm air

• Pollution

• Storms

• Warm air staying over cold air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Proportion of radiation that is reflected by a surface

• Insolation

• Thermal Stratification

• Albedo

• Solar Constant

Layers of the Atmosphere in Order from the Ground Up

• Troposphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere

• Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere

• Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere

• Stratosphere, Troposphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere

Substances that cause ozone layer depletion

• Nitrous Oxides

• VOCs

• Fertilizers

• ODS

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Can be helped by adding lime

• Ozone Depletion

• Acid Deposition

• Desertification

• Basic pH Level

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Helps keep our Earth livable

• Greenhouse Effect

• Insolation

• Enhanced Greenhouse Effect

• Solar Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Stratospheric Ozone Depletion

• Causes Animal Loss

• Causes Skin Damage

• Causes Respiratory Problems

• Causes Illness of the Lungs

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Needs to be added to something in the presence of sunlight to make it dangerous

• Pollution

• Primary Pollutant

• Secondary Pollutant

• Tertiary Pollutant