Apes Unit 9 Test Flashcards
Blight
Abandoned Housing
What does coal burning release
Carbon monoxide, SOx, NOx, Particulates, VOC’s
Pine scent, Household chemicals
VOC’s
Replaces oxygen in the blood
Carbon monoxide
Causes acid rain
SOx
6 targeted by clean air act
SOx, NOx, Particulates, Ozone, CO, lead (No greenhouse gasses)
4 Way a power plant can reduce emissions
Bag house filter
Catalytic converter
Vapor Recovery nozzle
Electrostatic Precipitator
Which PM is more dangerous PM 10 or PM 2.5 and why
2.5 because it is smaller and goes deeper in the body
2 natural sourses of air pollution
Volcanoes
Wildfires
Fireproofing chemical
Asbestos
One environmental effect of noise pollution
disrupts migration patterns
Stage 1 water treatment
Settling tanks and filters take out large debris
Stage 2 water treatment
Aeration and Biologic Treatment. 70% of phosphates and 50% of nitrates are removed
Stage 4
Ozone, UV
Stage 3 Water treatment
Chemicals are used to remove nutrients
What is effluent
Water that goes back out to the ecosystem. Leads to eutrophication.
Solid Waste
Sludge
Albedo
White smoke
Difference between white and black smoke
WHite - Water vopor
Black - Particulates, CO2
Byproduct of incomplete combustion
Carbon Monoxide
Name a secondary pollutant
Ozone
O3
Ozone
PM
Particulate Matter
Pb
Lead
VOC’s
Volatile organic compounds
Forms condensation nuclei in the clouds
Particulate Matter
Comes out of coal combustion and volcanoes
SOx
