LE 2 CONCEPTS (M8)

Question 1

introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials in the air

Answer 1

Air Pollution

Question 2

Air pollution that extend from counties to states, nations, and in the broadest sense, the globe

Answer 2

Macro-scale

Question 3

Air pollution over a few hectares up to the size of a city or county

Answer 3

Meso-scale

Question 4

Air pollution ranging from those covering less than a centimeter to those the size of a house or slightly larger

Answer 4

Micro-scale

Question 5

Harmful substance that is emitted directly into the atmosphere

Answer 5

Primary Air Pollutant

Question 6

Harmful substance formed in the atmosphere when a primary air pollutant reacts with substances normally found in the atmosphere or with other air pollutants.

Answer 6

Secondary Air Pollutant

Question 7

Thousands of different solid or liquid particles suspended in air

Answer 7

Particulate Matter

Question 8

Results as an intermediate by-product in the oxidation of methane in the natural anaerobic decomposition of carbonaceous material by soil microorganisms

Answer 8

Carbon monoxide (CO)

Question 9

a compound of hydrogen and carbon, such as any of those that are the chief components of petroleum and natural gas

Answer 9

Hydrocarbons

Question 10

volcanic activity and airborne soil

Answer 10

Lead

Question 11

The dissolution of nitrate in a water droplet allows for the formation of nitric acid, which partly accounts for acid rain found downwind of industrialized areas

Answer 11

Nitrogen Oxides (Nox)

Question 12

• Man- made pollutant in the lower atmosphere
• Component of photochemical smog

Answer 12

Tropospheric Ozone

Question 13

• Essential component that screens out UV radiation in the upper atmosphere
• Man- made pollutants (ex: CFCs) can destroy it

Answer 13

Stratospheric Ozone

Question 14

Brownish-orange haze formed by chemical reactions involving sunlight, nitrogen oxide, and hydrocarbons

Answer 14

Photochemical Smog

Question 15

RA 8749

Answer 15

Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

Question 16

refer to any building or immobile structure, facility or installation which emits or may emit any air pollutant, and may be defined generally as individual points of air emissions

Answer 16

Stationary sources

Question 17

a source of air emissions that is not confined to a discrete point or points of emissions

Answer 17

Area sources

Question 17

any vehicles propelled by or through
combustion of carbon-based or other fuel, constructed and operated principally for the conveyance of persons or the transportation of property or goods.

Answer 17

Mobile sources

Question 18

Sound that is unwanted or disrupts one’s quality of life

Answer 18

Noise

Question 19

▪ Sound becomes undesirable when it disturbs the normal activities such as working, sleeping, and during conversations.

▪ It is an underrated environmental problem because of the fact that we can’t see, smell, or taste it.

Answer 19

Noise Pollution

Question 20

main source of noise pollution in urban areas.

Answer 20

Transportation systems

Question 21

Types of Sound

Answer 21

• Continuous
• Intermittent
• Impact

Question 22

• Can remove some gases and particulate matter
• Yields dirty and hot fluid that requires proper disposal

Answer 22

Quenching