Chapter 19 Vocabulary

Question 0

Air Pollutants

Answer 0

Substances in the atmosphere that have harmful effects

Question 1

Aerosols

Answer 1

Microscopic liquid and solid particles such as dust that are carried up into the atmosphere.

Question 2

Anthropogenic

Answer 2

Human caused

Question 3

Smog

Answer 3

The combination of smoke and fog

Question 4

Industrial Smog

Answer 4

An irritating grayish mixture of soot, sulfur and water.

Question 5

Photochemical Smog

Answer 5

A Brownish irritating haze found in warm and sunny places

Question 6

Temperature Inversion

Answer 6

When a layer of cold air lies under the warm air at ground level

Question 7

Primary Pollutants

Answer 7

Direct products of combustion and evaporation

Question 8

Secondary Pollutants

Answer 8

Primary Pollutants that have undergone further reactions in the atmosphere

Question 9

Acid

Answer 9

Release hydrogen ions

Question 10

Base

Answer 10

Release Hydroxide Ions

Question 11

Buffer

Answer 11

A substance that has a large capacity to absorb hydrogen ions

Question 12

Artifacts

Answer 12

Favored materials for the outside of buildings

Question 13

Ambient Standards

Answer 13

Levels that need to be achieved to protect environmental health and human health

Question 14

Criteria pollutants

Answer 14

Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, and Nitrgoen Oxides, and Lead

Question 15

Command and Control

Answer 15

An approach in which industry was given regulations to achieve a set limit on each pollutant

Question 16

Catalytic Converter

Answer 16

Oxidizes exhaust for organic carbon compaounds to carbon dioxide and water