Air Pollution Study Guide-Integrated Science

Formed when primary pollutants react with atmospheric gasses

• acid precipitation

• thermal inversion

• criteria pollutant

• secondary pollutant

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

pH lower (4.2-4.4) than normal rain; causes environmental damages as well as structural damages

• acid precipitation

• thermal inversion

• criteria pollutant

• primary pollutant

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When normal tropospheric temperature patterns reverse

• secondary pollutant

• thermal inversion

• criteria pollutant

• primary pollutant

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

Pollutants released directly into the air from the source

• secondary pollutant

• thermal inversion

• criteria pollutant

• primary pollutant

Pollutants that cause the most environmental damage and health hazards; pollutants released into the air that can be measured

• acid precipitation

• thermal inversion

• criteria pollutant

• primary pollutant

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Normal pattern for top to bottom temperature is ______, ______, ______. Inversion pattern for top to bottom temperature is _____, _____, _____.

• Normal: cooler, cool, warm

  Inversion: warm, cool, cooler

• Normal: warm, cool, cooler

  Inversion: cooler, cool, warm

• Normal: warm, cool, warm

  Inversion: warm, cool, cooler

• Normal: cooler, warm, cool

  Inversion: warm, cool, cooler

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the normal pH of rain?

• 5.6 pH

• 4.4 pH

• 7 pH

• 10 pH

What is the pH range of acid rain?

• 5.6 - 6.0 pH

• 4.2 - 4.4 pH

• 7 - 7.5 pH

• 9.8 - 10 pH

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

How does acid precipitation affect living organisms and human-made structures? (select all that apply)

• lowers pH of surface waters

• leaches aluminum from soil into water which is bad for the animals living in that water

• erodes lime stone structures

• raises pH of surface waters

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Ground-level ozone is made up of

• Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

• Water (H2O) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS1-5