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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Industrial smog involves burning ________ coal (or oil)

Back (Answer)

sulfur-rich

#2
Front (Question)

Describe the process of smog

Back (Answer)

Sulfur-rich coal → SO2 - respiratory, cardiovascular; SO2 → sulfuric acid (acid ppt) Ammonium sulfate → (eutrophication) CO2 (GHG) CO - respiratory

#3
Front (Question)

London’s 1952 “Killer Smog”

Back (Answer)

December 1952, thick smog over London Smog from industrial pollution, fossil-fuel combustion Killed ca. 10,000 people

#4
Front (Question)

Photochemical smog

Back (Answer)

From reaction of sunlight with pollutants (VOCs, ozone) “Brown-green air smog”

#5
Front (Question)

What are the biggest threats in developing nations in regards to indoor pollution?

Back (Answer)

Cigarette smoke: first and secondhand smoke Indoor fires

#6
Front (Question)

What are the biggest threats in industrialized nations in regards to indoor pollution?

Back (Answer)

Cigarette smoke: first and secondhand smoke Radon: naturally occurring radioactive gas

#7
Front (Question)

Describe radon gas

Back (Answer)

Radioactive Colorless, odorless Occurs naturally

#8
Front (Question)

Where does radon gas come from?

Back (Answer)

Uranium ores Granite, gneiss, and schist

#9
Front (Question)

Atmosphere

Back (Answer)

Layer of gasses surrounding planet

#10
Front (Question)

What is the atmosphere’s function to humans?

Back (Answer)

• Absorbs solar radiation (esp. UV) • Transports & recycles water (and other materials) • Determines climate

#11
Front (Question)

Invariant gasses

Back (Answer)

78% nitrogen 21% oxygen 1% argon

#12
Front (Question)

What is meant by invariant gasses?

Back (Answer)

Gasses that are the same everywhere always

#13
Front (Question)

Variable gases (greenhouse gases):

Back (Answer)

Water vapor Carbon dioxide Methane Nitrous oxide Ozone Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

#14
Front (Question)

Climate

Back (Answer)

long term pattern of atmospheric conditions

#15
Front (Question)

Global warming

Back (Answer)

increase in Earth’s average surface temperature

#16
Front (Question)

Factors that Influence Climate

Back (Answer)

• Sun - energy source; provides heat for Earth • Atmosphere - absorbs, reflects, transmits energy • Oceans - stores, transports energy - Moderates heat

#17
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#18
Front (Question)

What did John Tindall find?

Back (Answer)

atmospheric gasses trap heat

#19
Front (Question)

What did Eunice Foot find?

Back (Answer)

CO2 could absorb heat

#20
Front (Question)

What was Svante Arrhenius trying to answer and what did he find?

Back (Answer)

“Why were there a number of ice ages?” if CO2 dropped by 50%, Europe would be 4-5C colder on average Greenhouse gasses are responsible for trapping heat

#21
Front (Question)

Global warming potential

Back (Answer)

relative ability of one molecule of a greenhouse gas to contribute to global warming over 100 years

#22
Front (Question)

GWP of carbon dioxide

Back (Answer)

1

#23
Front (Question)

GWP of methane

Back (Answer)

23

#24
Front (Question)

GWP of nitrous oxide

Back (Answer)

296