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