520 likes | 535 Views
We can’t live without it!. Wise Choice. Hi-ho, it’s off to work we go. Child’s Play. Earth Matters. 1 point. 1 point. 1 point. 1 point. 1 point. 2 point. 2 point. 2 point. 2 point. 2 point. 3 point. 3 point. 3 point. 3 point. 3 point. 4 point. 4 point.
E N D
We can’t live without it! Wise Choice Hi-ho, it’s off to work we go Child’s Play Earth Matters 1 point 1 point 1 point 1 point 1 point 2 point 2 point 2 point 2 point 2 point 3 point 3 point 3 point 3 point 3 point 4 point 4 point 4 point 4 point 4 point 5 point 5 point 5 point 5 point 5 point
This stuff changes the characteristics of our air, which can make it hard tobreathe and make existing respiratory and cardiac conditions worse.
These go through an automatic gas exchange thousands of times per day, about every 3 seconds, inside each of us.
These people breathe faster, drawing air deeper into their lungs, as a function of doing their job well. This puts them at a higher risk from poor air quality.
These people are at higher risk of reacting to poor air quality because of increased likelihood of health problems .
These areas are often better suited for exercise because of reduced exposure to automobile exhaust.
Choices we make in our communities such as driving our cars or burning wood to heat our homes, significantly impact this.
Just 10 seconds of this can use more fuel than turning off the engine and restarting it.
Doing this replaces up to 4 cars on the road while saving you time and money.
People can use this Index on a daily basis to help decide if they should drive their vehicle or choose a different mode of transportation such as cycling or taking the bus.
This is one of the largest sources of air pollution in Canada.
Your workplace might provide these for commuting by public transit or carpooling. If not, ask them to consider it.
If a million Canadians did this just one day every year, it’s estimated about 250 million kg of emissions would be eliminated.
Children and parents can check this index every day before school and work to help plan their daily outdoor activities.
Children are more vulnerable to air pollution because they do more of this, especially during summer when pollution levels can be higher.
Young children can be more adversely affected by poor air quality because they do this more rapidly.
Emissions from these can significantly impact local air quality, visibility and human health
This is the #1 cause of hospital admissions among children in Canada.
When winds are ______, pollution can build up in the air.
When the Air Quality Health Index is in the High Risk range, lowering this when outside can reduce air pollution impacts on your health.
This gas shields us from the sun in the upper atmosphere, but poses a risk to human health at ground level.
20% of the vehicles on the road travel less than ____ kilometresin one car trip.
This is the number of Canadians who use public transit each year.