Chapter 10 Flashcards
(10 cards)
The amount of CO2 released by human activities per year is approximately
30,000,000,000 tons
The air pollutant less successfully removed from air by technologies in developed nations is
Nitrogen oxides
The ozone hole is a depilation currently most serious
Near the poles
The blank is an international treaty designed to limit CFCs
Montreal protocol
The phenomenon where cool, dense air sit under a layer of lighter warm air is known as
Temperature inversion
The structure on automobile that removes nitrogen oxide is an
Catalytic converter
Wind currents blank
Send air pollution from one continent to the next
Blank ozone is harmful, damaging plants and human health AutoZone at the blank level screens out mutagenic ultraviolet radiation
Tropospheric, stratosphere
The most common human health response to Air pollution is
Inflammatory responses insensitive tissues
What type of buildings and monuments are most susceptible to acid damage?
lime stone and marble
