Air Quality

Respiratory irritant (can exacerbate asthma, cardiovascular disease, and other respiratory ailments; can increase susceptibility to respiratory infections; can affect lung function) - SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

• particulate matter

• sulfur dioxide (SO₂)

• carbon monoxide (CO)

• nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)

• ozone (O₃)

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Source: Combustion of fossil fuels that contain sulfur, including coal, oil, gasoline

• particulate matter

• sulfur dioxide (SO₂)

• carbon monoxide (CO)

• nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)

• ozone (O₃)

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Can harm stomates and other plant tissues

• particulate matter

• sulfur dioxide (SO₂)

• carbon monoxide (CO)

• nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)

• ozone (O₃)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Converts to sulfuric acid in the atmosphere which is harmful to aquatic life and some vertebrates

• particulate matter

• sulfur dioxide (SO₂)

• carbon monoxide (CO)

• nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)

• ozone (O₃)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What do you think NAAQs stand for?

• National Action Air Quality Standards

• National Ambient Air Quality Specialization

• National Accepted Air Quality Standards

• National Ambient Air Quality Standards

Which of the following facts best describes the temporary spike in particulate matter?

• About 25,000 people have begun driving electric

  cars since 2005.

• A wildfire in July of 2011 burned 318,000 acres of the okefenokee swamp.

• Georgia Power has added low NOx burners and sulfur scrubbers to their power plants.

• Natural pollutants such as pollen typically remain constant from year to year.

What is a brownish haze that develops as complex molecules are broken down into ozone and other harmful substances?

Sources: Malfunctioning exhaust systems and poorly ventilated cooking fires that cause incomplete combustion

• particulate matter

• sulfur dioxide (SO₂)

• carbon monoxide (CO)

• nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)

• ozone (O₃)

An ozone precursor, leads to the formation of photochemical smog

• particulate matter

• sulfur dioxide (SO₂)

• carbon monoxide (CO)

• nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)

• ozone (O₃)

Converts to nitric acid in the atmosphere, which is harmful to aquatic life and some vegetation

• particulate matter

• sulfur dioxide (SO₂)

• carbon monoxide (CO)

• nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)

• ozone (O₃)