Air Pollution

what causes air pollution?

• Cars

• Fossil fuels

• Wildfires

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What effect of air pollution causes millions of people to die each year?

• Stroke

• Heart disease

• Heart attack

• All of the above

What is one cause of air pollution?

• Power plants

• Burning fossil fuels

• Littering/pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Does air pollution cause tears in the ozone layer?

• True

• False

What ecological problem is shown in this picture?

• littering

• water pollution

• air pollution

• endangered animals

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

This picture shows people walking through a highly-polluted city in China. From what type of pollution are they protecting themselves based on what they are wearing?

• air pollution

• water pollution

• land pollution

• noise pollution

What is the major cause for air pollution? 

• factories and cars

• cigarretes 

• deforestation

• oil spills

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Match the following

• Primary Pollutant

• Rain or snowfall that has a lower than normal pH.

• Acid Precipitation

• Forms as a result of a chemical reaction between a primary pollutant and something else in the atmosphere.

• Secondary Pollutant

• A layer of cool air becomes trapped below a layer of warmer air

• Criteria Pollutants

• Released directly into the atmosphere

• Thermal Inversion

• The 6 pollutants originally identified by the Clean Air Act

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Dust and ash are examples of

• Gases

• PPM

• Particulates

Why is air pollution a big issue?

• Causes lung cancer, Strokes, and heart diseases

• Air pollution isn’t an issue

• Bad for environment

• Both A and C

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4