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| Sulfur Oxides, Nitrogen Oxides, Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide, Particulates and Ozone are all examples of what? |
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| Major Ground Level Air Pollutants |
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| Transportation, generation of electricity, space heating and industrial processes are all examples of what? |
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| Human Activities That Release Pollutants Or Their Precursors |
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| Pollutants can come from what two types of sources? |
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| What forms when sunlight, nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds are present? |
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| What is a major component of photochemical smog? |
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| Secondary Pollutant Ozone |
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| What is the dominant ingredient in Sulfurous Smog? |
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| Smog impairs what function in human beings? |
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| What is comprised of hydrogen, sulfate and nitrate ions? |
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| Acidic Deposition Forms From What? |
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| Both Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxide |
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| List 2 of the negative effects of Acidic Deposition? |
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Harmful to aquatic organisms
Can reduce forest productivity in sensitive ecosystems. |
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| What is best controlled by increasing efficiency of processes that pollute, thereby reducing emissions, or by removing pollutants from fuel before combustion? |
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| When do filters and scrubbers remove pollutants from the exhaust stream before they can be released into the environment? |
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| What is preferable to trying to remove pollutants after they have been distributed throughout the environment? |
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| The use of filters and scrubbers |
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| What is an important gas in the stratosphere that absorbs harmful UV radiation? |
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| What leads to a reduction in stratospheric ozone? |
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| Chlorine Containing Compounds |
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| What is an example of a Chlorine Containing Compound? |
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| What is a more pervasive problem in developing than in developed countries? |
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| List the 2 most harmful aspects of indoor air pollution? |
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Carbon Monoxide
Particulates |
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| Carbon Monoxide and Particulates in indoor air pollution have resulted in how many annual deaths worldwide? |
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| What percent of Carbon Monoxide and Particulate indoor air pollution related deaths occur among children less than 5 years old? |
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