Ch.16 vocab

contains most of the water vapor of the atmosphere and is where weather takes place

contains most of the ozone (absorbs sunlight)

layer with increasing temperature

layer with decreasing temperature

composed of nitrogen, oxygen, and argon, carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor

types of unmodified materials that, when released into the environment in sufficient quantities, are considered hazardous

pollutants produced by the interaction of primary air pollutants in the presence of an appropriate energy source

those air pollutants for which specific air quality standards have been set by the us environmental protection agency

a primary air pollutant produced when organic materials, such as gasoline, coal, wood, and trash are incompletely burned

minute solid particles and liquid droplets dispersed into the atmosphere

“cancer causing”

compound of sulfur and oxygen that is produced when sulfur-containing fossil fuels are burned

burning of fossil fuels produces a mixture of nitrogen– containing compounds commonly known as..

metal that enters the body when we inhale airborne particles or consume, accumulates in body and causes variety of health problems

mixture of pollutants including ozone, aldehydes, and peroxyacetyl nitrates that results from the interaction of nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen monoxide, and volatile organic compounds with sunlight in a warm environment

condition in which warm air in a valley is sandwiches between two layers of cold air and acts like a lid on a valley

airborne organic compounds; primary air pollutants

primary source of several important air pollutants: carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and nitrogen oxides; ozone is secondary pollutant of automobile use

primary pollutants associated with electric power plants are particulates, sulfur dioxide, ad nitrogen oxides

carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons, and nitrous oxide

development of an international agreement on greenhouse emissions

amended in 1970, ‘77, ‘90; primary means of controlling air pollution

deposition of wet acidic solutions or dry acidic particles from air

molecule consisting of the sun’s UV energy before it reaches the earth’s surface