Air Pollution Flashcards
An indoor pollutant the is colorless odorless and radioactive
Radon
Major air pollutant mostly responsible for acid rain
Sulfur Dioxide
The layer of atmosphere where weather occurs?
Troposphere
The scarring of the lung tissue is called?
Emphysema
On a PH scale for a pond to be acidic the number would be?
1
A pollutant put directly in the air is called a?
Primary pollutant
Example of a secondary pollutant?
Smog
Ozone eaters are called?
CFC’s
The chemical formula for ozone is?
03
The atmosphere that contains the ozone layer?
Stratosphere
Chemical formula for Ozone?
O3
What are the ozone eaters?
CFC’s
What were CFC’s found in?
Aresol, hairspray, sprays
Sometimes pollution is trapped near the earths surface becauee above is warmer than below.
Thermal inversion
When a pollutant will mix with other substances it’s called what?
Secondary pollutant
An example of a secondary pollutant?
Smog
Which major air pollutant is responsible for acid rain?
Sulfer Dioxide
Buildings that have poor air quality due to indoor pollutants are said to have?
Sick building syndrome.
What layer of the atmosphere do commercial jets fly?
Stratosphere
The layer of the atmosphere that you heat up in?
Thermosphere
Layers of the atmosphere?
1- Troposhere
2- Stratosphere
3- Mesosphere
4- Thermosphere
5- Exosphere
