Air Pollution

hydrocarbon

wasted, unburned fuel given off as a gas

It's a hot sunny day and you decide to go for a drive. When you open your car door, it's a lot hotter inside than outside. Why is that? Air pollutants entering the car make the inside warmer. A greenhouse effect—heat was let in through the windows and some was trapped inside. Global warming—it's getting hotter everywhere you turn. The hole in the ozone layer has caused higher temperatures.

A greenhouse effect—heat was let in through the windows and some was trapped inside.

Congress established the _____ in 1969 to help with the air pollution problem. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Consumer Protection Agency Department of Economic Security (DES) Humane Society

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Global climate has changed in the past due to __________ and __________ .

Milankovitch Cycles Plate tectonics movement

carbon monoxide

a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas

nitrogen oxide

a gas produced at high temperatures by combining nitrogen and oxygen

sulfur oxide

a gas produced when sulfur impurities in fuel burn by combining with oxygen

Select all of the answers that apply. Air pollution causes _____. starvation acid rain respiratory distress global warming water shortages

acid rain respiratory distress global warming

The leading cause of air pollution is _____. automobiles solar power furnaces cigarette smoke

automobiles

Milankovitch cycles

predictable variations of Earth's orbit and tilt that can affect climate

pollution

waste substances not ordinarily found in the atmosphere that affect Earth's natural cycles

When you go camping, you burn wood. Are you contributing to air pollution? yes no

yes