Air pollution

Essential Question:

What specific kinds of air pollution should we be most worried about?

Compare and contrast tropospheric and stratospheric ozone

What specific actions can we take to minimize specific kinds of air pollution?

Vocabulary:

Important air pollutants

Nitrogen oxides, Sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, lead

particulate matter, stratospheric and tropospheric ozone, carbon dioxide, mercury, volatile organic compounds, Photo-chemical oxidants, smog, acid deposition

Kinds of air pollution

Major (criteria), Primary and secondary pollutants

Ozone

tropospheric, stratospheric, formation, decay, depletion.

Pollution control

Bag-house filter, electrostatic precipitator, scrubber, catalytic converter, fluidized bed combustion, cap and trade, reducing NOx, Reducing VOCs

Assignments:

Ozone lab

Pollution Control Poster

Thermal inversions

Acid preciptation

Grey (London) smog

Brown (LA) smog

Indoor air pollution

Radon, Asbestos, VOCs, particulate matter, lead, carbon monoxide, sick building syndrome

Answers to end of module questions Chapter 15

Module 46

  1. c

  2. b

  3. d

  4. a

  5. d

Module 47

  1. d

  2. c

  3. b

  4. d

  5. b

Module 48

  1. a

  2. d

  3. b

  4. b

Module 49

  1. c

  2. d

  3. d

  4. c

  5. a

Module 50

  1. d

  2. c

  3. d

  4. c

  5. a

End of chapter practice exam

  1. b

  2. c

  3. a

  4. d

  5. c

  6. d

  7. a

  8. b

  9. b

  10. b

  11. b

  12. a

  13. c

  14. b

  15. d

  16. b

  17. b

  18. b

  19. d