Air Pollution

the contamination of the atmosphere by wastes from sources such as industrial burning and automobile exhausts

• air pollution

• water pollution

• land pollution

• ground pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

a pollutant that is put directly into the atmosphere by human or natural activity

• primary pollutant

• secondary pollutant

• thermal inversion

• smog

a pollutant that forms in the atmosphere by chemical reaction with primary air pollutants, natural components in the air, or both

• primary pollutant

• secondary pollutant

• thermal inversion

• smog

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

urban air pollution composed of a mixture of smoke and fog produced from industrial pollutants and burning fuels

• primary pollutant

• secondary pollutant

• thermal inversion

• smog

the atmospheric condition in which warm air traps cooler air near earth's surface

• primary pollutant

• secondary pollutant

• thermal inversion

• smog

precipitation, such as rain, sleet,or snow, that contains a high concentration of acids, often because of the pollution of the atmosphere

• air pollution

• acid precipitation

• basic precipitation

• water pollution

a value that is used to express the acidity or alkalinity (basicity) of a system; each whole number on the scale indicates a tenfold change in acidity; a pH of 7 is neutral, a pH of less than 7 is acidic; and a pH of greater than 7 is basic

• acid precipitation

• primary pollutant

• air pollution

• pH

Match the following abbreviations to the correct air pollutant

• sulfur dioxide

• nitrogen oxides

• carbon monoxide

• ozone

• CO

• lead

• Pb

The pH of normal rain is about ​ (a)   , but acid raid has a pH of less than ​ (b)   .

• 5.6
• 5

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What effect does acid precipitation have on living organisms?

• breaks down the organism

• cannot absorb nutrients

• helps absorb nutrients

• provides a protective coating

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4