
VOCABULARY
Primary pollutant secondary pollutant
CO CO2 SO2 NO Hydrocarbons particulates NO2 HNO3 H2SO4 PAN’s Catalytic converter oxygenation O3 Incomplete combustion industrial smog photochemical smog Photochemical oxidants thermal inversion scrubber Electrostatic precipitator acid deposition pH Sick building syndrome radon formaldehyde Asbestos tetrachloroethylene volatile Clean Air Act emissions trading (Cap and trade) greenhouse gases Greenhouse effect methane nitrous oxide CFC’s global warming Kyoto Protocol Malignant melanoma thermal expansion of ocean albedo Donora, PA Los Angeles
Positive feedback
Negative feedback
ACTIVITIES
CFL Bulb Survey
Cap and Trade
Air Pollution Chemistry
Global Warming
Recognizing patterns Reading my data (make sure you can calculate % change)
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