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rain snow wind natural cycles

Air pollution particles may be removed by

pollutants

Atmospheric substances which are unhealthy or interfere with natural cycles are called .

oxygen

Carbon monoxide affects the body by greatly reducing the capacity of blood to transport .

vocab

Largest source of air pollution carbon monoxide 2. Main source of particle pollution burning fuels 3. A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas. automobile 4. Rule or authority. power plants 5. A gas produced at high temperatures by combining nitrogen and oxygen. nitrogen oxide 6. A gas produced when sulfur impurities in fuel burn by combining with oxygen. dominion 7. A compound made of hydrogen and carbon hydrocarbon 8. Process by which pollutant gases are formed sulfur oxide 9. Petroleum is a mixture of these hydrocarbons

false

Most smoke and soot are produced by forest fires.

coal

Most sulfur oxides are produced by burning:

high temperatures

Nitrogen combines with oxygen and forms nitrogen oxide at:

false

Nitrogen dioxide reacts with the sunlight and combines with particles from smoke and soot to form industrial smog.

water vapor

Sulfur oxides can form acid rain when combined with:

false

The burning of hydrocarbons does not cause pollution.

sulfur dioxide nitrogen dioxide carbon monoxide

The three primary pollutant gases are _____.

cars factories electric power plants

The three primary sources of air pollution are _____.

gases particulates

The two basic types of air pollutants are _____.

more pollutants accumulate

What is the effect on pollution when cool air becomes trapped under warm air?

carbon monoxide

When fuels are burned without enough oxygen, is formed.


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