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Understanding Air Pollution: Causes, Effects, and Solutions

Explore the impact of air pollution on human health and the environment. Learn about pollutants, such as carbon monoxide and ozone, emitted from natural and human sources. Discover the effects of acid precipitation and the dangers of vehicle exhaust. Find out how the ozone hole affects UV radiation and the importance of combating air pollution with solutions like hybrid cars and emission trading systems.

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Understanding Air Pollution: Causes, Effects, and Solutions

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  1. Chapter 14 Section 4 The Air We Breathe

  2. Air pollution: the contamination of the atmosphere by the introduction of pollutants from human & natural sources.

  3. Acid precipitation: rain, sleet, or snow that contains a high concentration of acids.

  4. When the atmosphere is contaminated by pollutants from human & natural sources, it is called air pollution.

  5. Carbon monoxide, dust, & smoke from forest fires that are put directly into the air are called primary pollutants.

  6. Ozone is a secondary pollutant.

  7. Vehicle exhaust is the major source of human-caused air pollution.

  8. When sulfur dioxide & nitrogen oxide are released into the air, they can cause acid precipitation.

  9. A rapid change in a body of water’s acidity is called acid shock.

  10. Ozone hole allows more UV radiation to reach Earth.

  11. Air pollution causes coughing, headaches, & lung cancer.

  12. Allowance Trading System limits the amount of pollution companies can release.

  13. Hybrid car uses both gasoline & electric power.

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