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Title: Ch. 7,8,9

Description: Hargrove-Leak

Total Flash Cards: 12

Created: 04/06/2006 06:02:50

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ozone(where from)
 Definition
sunlight and high temp
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ozone (good vs. bad)
 Definition
upper atmosphere good, low atmosphere bad
Term
carbon monoxide (describe, respons.)
 Definition
odorless, colorless, acid rain
Term
sulfer oxide(source)
 Definition
stationary combustion and natural sources (sulfer) acid rain
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particulates
 Definition
solid waste, can form in atmosphere from the sulferoxides and nox
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Vocs, hydrocarbons (source)
 Definition
petroleum use, trash incineration, solvents
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Nitrogen Oxide (source)(causes...)
 Definition
Air used in combustion; smog
Term
3 types of UV rays
 Definition
a-Shortest not absorbed
b-middle absorbed by o3
c-longest absobed by 02
Term
cause of ozone hole
 Definition
water, cfcs, nox
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greenhouse gas
 Definition
any gas that absorbs certain wavelength of infrared light
Term
GWP
 Definition
Global warming potential
-potential for a gas to absorb thermal radiation compared to CO2
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thermal pollution
 Definition
heating of water in ecosystem