Air Pollution and Humans

Gases released from power plants mix with water vapor in the sky to make ________________.

• smog

• acid rain

• global warming

• particulate matter

A mixture of smoke, fog and chemicals in the air is known as ________.

• oxygen

• radiation

• smog

What are ways that we can decrease air pollution?

• carpool

• conserving electricity

• follow laws made by the EPA

• burning extra fossil fuels

A radioactive gas that can build up in homes.

• uranium

• helium

• oxygen

• radon

During a temperature

inversion,

• sulfur oxides and nitro-

  gen oxides combine with

  water in the atmosphere.

• an influx of acidic water

  causes a rapid change in

  the pH of water.

• levels of ground-level

  ozone decrease.

• pollutants are trapped

  near Earth’s surface.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An air pollution prevention mechanism found in vehicles. 

• combustion chamber

• electrostatic precipitator

• scrubber

• catalytic converter

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

_______________ 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

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

• Fog

• Smog

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

_______________ is an atmospheric condition that traps pollution near the ground

• Temperature inversion

• Pressure

  inversion

• Temperature anomaly

• Pressure

  gradient