OCS Applied Science: Clean Air Vocabulary (M1.L2)

Harmful rain that can damage building and plants

• Acid Rain

• Heavy Rain

• Thunderstorms

A gas found in air

• Gasoline

• Methane

• Carbon Dioxide

Average temperature and precipitation in an area

• Zone

• Climate

• Forecast

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A specific area where living and nonliving things interact

• Ecosystems

• Home

• Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Environmental Protection Agency

• DDT

• EPA

• FBI

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A nonrenewable energy source formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago

• Gas

• Soil

• Fossil Fuels

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Small particles from moldy areas that cause one to get sick

• Atoms

• Mold Spores

• Germs

Layer of gas that protects us from the Sun's rays

• Ozone

• Greenhouse

• Fog

Waste matter that contaminates the water, air, or soil

• Trash

• Resource

• Pollutant

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Giving off dangerous levels of nuclear radiation

• Sparks

• Radioactive

• Safe

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8