Air Quality Issues: Parts 1 and 2

Air Quality Issues: Parts 1 and 2

Study Guide

EVPP 111 Lecture - Spring 2004

Dr. Largen

Air Quality Issues: Air Pollution, Indoor Air Pollution, Acid Deposition, Greenhouse Gases

What is air pollution?
What are some natural events that can degrade air quality?
What are the primary activities of humans that can degrade air quality?
What are some of the results of air pollution?
What are some of the causes of extremely poor air quality in megacities of developing countries?
Where do air pollutants tend to accumulate in the US and why?
What is a primary air pollutant?
What are the 5 major types of primary air pollutants?
What is a secondary air pollutant?
What are the two major categories of secondary air pollutants?
What is carbon monoxide, how is it produced, what is its largest source, what problems does it cause?
What are hydrocarbons, how are they produced, what is their largest source, what problems does they cause?
What are particulates, how are they produced, what is their largest source, what problems does they cause?
What is sulfur dioxide, how is it produced, what is its largest source, what problems does it cause?
What are nitrogen oxides, how are they produced, what is their largest source, what problems does they cause?
What is photochemical smog, and how, in general, is it produced?
What roles do ozone and PANs play in photochemical smog and why?
What is acid deposition?
What are some natural events that contribute to acid deposition?
What are some human activities that contribute to acid deposition?
How are acid forming reaction classified?
What is acid rain?
What is the pH of "normal" rain?
What is the scope of the acid rain problem?
What kind of damage does acid rain cause to man-made materials?
What kind of damage does acid rain cause to ecosystems?
What is global warming?
What do scientists feel have occurred during the past 100s to the earth's average global temperature and sea level?
What are the areas of concern, generally, related to global warming and climate change?
What causes global warming?
What are the characteristics the gases called "greenhouse gases" in terms of their role in global warming?
What are the four most important greenhouse gases?
Which is the most abundant of the greenhouse gases?
What are the sources of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide?
What are the sources of the greenhouse gas methane?
What are the sources of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxides?
What are the sources of the greenhouse gas chlorofluorocarbons?