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Unit One: Air
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The layer of the atmosphereclosest to the Earth.
What is the Troposphere?
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A yellow pollutant, found asan impurity in coal, that formsa gas when burned that reacts
with water to form acid rain.
What is sulfur?
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These chemicals were the first to be banned for destroying
the stratospheric ozone.
What are chlorofluorocarbons?
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These gases absorb infrared radiation andtrap heat on the Earth.
What are greenhouse gases?
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The unreactive gas that makes up about 79%
by volume of the gases in the atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
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A vital substance inour stratosphere that
protects us from uv radiation butis a dangerous pollutant
at ground level.
What is ozone?
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This treaty, signed by all UN countries in 1987, is an
agreement to ban the use of certain ozone damaging gases .
What is the Montreal Protocol?
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The concentration of this gas in our atmosphere has been
increasing more rapidly since theindustrial age and is now
measured at about 390 ppmv.
What is carbon dioxide?
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The tilt of the Earth on its axis.
What causes summer and winter (the seasons)?
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A reddish brown gasthat causes smog and acid rain.
What is nitrogen dioxide?
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Although we’ve stoppedproducing CFCs this
will take another 50-60 years.
How long will it take for the ozone layer to repair?
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An effect of increased dissolved CO2 that damages coral reefs.
What is ocean acidification?
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The method of heat transfer where matter absorbs pure energy carried by photons.
What is heat transfer by radiation?
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This legislation resulted insignificant decreases inall major air pollutantsmonitored by the EPA.
What is The Clean Air Act?
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These effects would beexpected in a world
where the ozone layer is severely depleted.
What are increased skin cancer and eye cataracts?
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Carbon dioxide, methane,water, sulfur hexafluoride
What are some important greenhouse gases?
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The reflectivity of a surface.
What is albedo?
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This kind of air pollution is caused by emissions of nitrogen oxides
that react with ultraviolet radiationto form secondary pollutants.
What is photochemical smog?
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These banned substances were once used in refrigerators and
air conditioners.
What are chlorofluorocarbons?
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The leading international body for the assessment
of climate change.
What is the IPCC ?