Section 4- Reducing Air Pollution

Question 1

A thick brownish haze formed when certain gases in the air react with sunlight

Answer 1

Photochemical smog

Question 2

The gases react in the sunlight land produces a form of oxygen (could be good or bad)

Answer 2

Ozone

Question 3

A condition in which a layer of warm air traps polluted air close to earth’s surface

Answer 3

Temperature inversion

Question 4

Pollutiants that are released into the air

Answer 4

Emissions

Question 5

Precipitation that is more acidic than normal because of air pollution

Answer 5

Acid rain

Question 6

A colorless odorless gas that is radioactive. It is formed naturally by certain types of rocks underground

Answer 6

Radon