indoor air pollution

Air pollution can cause health problems, such as...

• Paralyzation

• ADHD

• The deterioration of your lungs

• none

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Carbon monoxide

• increases lung cancer rates
• leads to the formation of photochemical smog
• is most problematic in rural areas
• is produced by incomplete combustion

Indoor air pollution is a significant hazard in developing and developed countries

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Which outdoor air pollutant is also a significant indoor air pollutant?

• sulfur dioxide
• carbon monoxide
• ozone
• lead

When a building has bad air quality, it has something called

• Sick building syndrome
• Radon
• Carbon monoxide
• Smog

What is sick building syndrome? Choose all that apply

•  consists of irritation of eyes, nose, and throat; headache; unusual tiredness or fatigue

• distinguished from more medically serious building-related illness by its subjective nature,

• caused poor ventilation or poorly maintained air conditioning systems.

• high prevalence within implicated buildings and across the nonindustrial building stock in North America and Europe.

Identify the major sources of indoor pollution

• fuel burning combustion

• volcanic eruptions.

• sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are released into the air

• non of the above

What are the main sources of indoor pollution in the developing world?

• people burning wood

• animal manure

•  coal for heating

• all of the above