Air Pollution Review

For each of the criteria pollutants shown in the table below, fill in their abbreviation, a physical property, and the biggest source.

Groups:

(a) Sulfur Dioxide

,

(b) Nitrogen Oxides

,

(c) Carbon Monoxide

,

(d) Particulates

• SO₂

• Sharp, sweet smell

• Smells like rotten eggs

• NO_x

• PM

• from car exhaust

• from Coal-burning power plants

• Visible as smoke/soot

• CO

• from agriculture

• Colorless/odorless

• from construction sites

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Lead

,

(b) Ground Level Ozone

• O₃

• Pale blue, smells like bleach

• Secondary pollutant

• Only airborne

• Pb

• from: coal burning power plants

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Thermal inversions are more likely to occur…(select one from each set)

• During calm days, In valleys

• During windy days, In valleys

• During windy days, In mountaintops

• During calm days, In mountaintops

• During windy days, In flat prairies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Label each layer of air in the normal pattern and inversion as cool, cooler, or warm.

a

b

c

d

Normal Warmer

Inversion: Warmer

Normal Colder

Inversion: Colder

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What season are ozone action days most likely to be declared?

• Summer

• Spring

• Winter

• Fall

What would you expect the pH of normal rainwater to be? What about acid rain?

c

b

a

Acid Rain

Rain Water

Pool Water

How does acid precipitation cause environmental damage?

• • Erodes limestone structures.

• • Leaches aluminum from soils into surface waters.

• Burns away leaves on trees

• • Lowers the pH of surface waters.

• Melts all plastics

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

For each of these secondary pollutants, explain what primary pollutants react to form them.

Groups:

(a) Ground-level ozone

,

(b) Acid Precipitation

• Nitrogen Oxides

• Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides

• VOC's

Explain the difference between ground level ozone and the ozone layer.

• Ground level ozone is a secondary pollutant. The ozone layer is in the thermosphere.

• Ground level ozone is a primary pollutant. The ozone layer is in the mesosphere.

• Ground level ozone is in the stratosphere. The ozone layer is a secondary pollutant.

• Ground level ozone is a secondary pollutant. The ozone layer is in the stratosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How does the ozone layer benefit us?

• It blocks lasers from aliens

• It blocks meteors

• It blocks some of the ultraviolet light from the sun.

• It blocks radio waves from other planets