Air Pollution and Humans

What can humans do to reduce the effects of acid rain?

• Develop Alternate Energy Sources (Solar Power, Wind Energy)

• Use Less Energy

• Stop Burning Fossil Fuels

• All of the Answers are Correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

What is a secondary pollutant? 

• pollutant that is put directly into air by human activities

• pollutants that react with other primary pollutants

What is causing temperatures to get warmer on earth?

• The earth is moving closer to the sun

• The sun is just getting hotter; no one knows why

• Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are trapping more and more heat from the planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Everyone should try to reduce their ...

• carbon footprint

• solar footprint

• pylon footprint

• global footprint

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

______________ ______________ is produced when fuels containing sulfur are burned in the presence of oxygen.

• Carbon dioxide

• Sulfur oxides

• Carbon monoxide

• Greenhouse gas

What are the pollutants known to cause acid rain?

• nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide (sulfur compounds)

• Low pH and Acid

• Lemon Juice and Battery Acid

• Particulate Matter and Carbon Dioxide

Smog or ground ozone forms in the troposphere. Which pollutants are most responsible for smog or ground ozone?

• sulfur and particulate matter

• volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides

• carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide

• none of these answers are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

CFC's cause harm to our 

• Troposphere

• Inversion Layer

• Ozone Layer

• Carbon Dioxide

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NGSS.HS-PS1-5

A colorless, odorless gas that decreases the blood's ability to carry oxygen.  Can cause faintness, death.

• Nitrogen oxides

• Ground-level ozone

• Carbon monoxide

• Sulfur dioxide

Used on factory stacks to remove gases and particulate.

• Filters

• Emission reducers

• Scrubbers

• Filter Strips

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4