Apes Air Pollution Vocabulary

Chapter 17 Vocab * Acid deposition- the settling of acidic or acid-forming pollutants from the glory onto Earths surface. * Acid rain- Acid deposition that takes erupt through rain. * Aerosols- very fine fluent droplets or solid particles aloft in the atmosphere. * Air pollutant- bollix upes and particulate matter material added to the atmosphere that can affect climate or harm people or former(a) organisms. * Air contaminant- the act of pollution the production line, or the condition of being polluted by look pollutants. Ambient course pollution- fix outdoor pollution * Atmospheric pressure- the pitch per unit area produced by a column of zephyr * Carbon monoxide- a colorless, odorless gas produced primarily by the incomplete combustion of fuel. * CFCs- chlorofluorocarbon. i of a group of man-made organic compounds derived from simple hydrocarbons in which enthalpy atoms are replaced by chlorine, bromine, fluorine. Clean Air bout of 1970- decree of prior congression al legislation to ensure air pollution that set stricter standards for air quality, imposed limits on emissions from new stationary and mobile sources, provided new funds for pollution-control explore and enabled citizens to sue parties violating the standards. * Clean Air Act of 1990- congressional legislation that strengthened regulations pertaining to air quality standards, auto emissions, toxic air pollution, acid deposition, and depletion of the ozone degree, while also introducing market-based incentives to slim pollution. Cold front- the limitation where a plentifulness of cold air displaces a vision of warmer air. * Convective circulation- a circular underway driven by temperature dissentences * Coriolis military issue-The observed effect of the Coriolis force, especially the deflection of an object moving above the earth, rightward in the northern hemisphere and leftward in the southern hemisphere. Criteria pollutant- six air pollutants- carbon monoxide, sulfur d ioxide, due north dioxide, tropospheric ozone, particulate matter, and lead- for which the Environmental Protection Agency has constituted maximum allowable concent dimensionns in ambient outdoor air because of the threats they pose to human health. * Ferrel cellphone-An atmospheric cell lying among the two thermally direct cells the pivotal cell and the Hadley cell. It transfers warm air to gritty latitudes and shifts cold air back to the subtropics, where it is warmed. Front- the boundary between air masses that differ in temperature and moisture. * Ground level ozone- believe tropospheric ozone. * Hadley cell- A large-scale atmospheric convection cell in which air rises at the equator and sinks at medium latitudes. * Halocarbons- A chlorofluorocarbon or early(a) compound in which the hydrogen of a hydrocarbon is replaced by halogens. * Inversion layer- in a temperature inversion, the band of air in which temperature rises with altitude. Montreal Protocol- he Montreal Pro tocol on Substances That wipe out the Ozone Layer is a protocol to the capital of Austria Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. It is an international agreement designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of a spell of substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion. * Nitrogen dioxide- a foul-smelling reddish brown gas that contributes to smog and acid deposition. * Outdoor pollution-air pollution that occurs outdoors Ozone depleting substances- airborne chemicals that destroy ozone molecules and edit the ozone layer * Ozone hole- thinning of the ozone layer everywhere Antarctica. * Ozone layer- a portion of the stratosphere that contains most of the ozone * particulate matter- solid or liquid particles underage enough to be suspended in the atmosphere and able to damage respiratory tissues when inhaled. * Photochemical smog- air pollution containing ozone and other reactive chemical compounds formed by the action of sunlight on ni trogen oxides and hydrocarbons, especially those in automobile exhaust. frigid cell- one of a pair of cells of convective circulation. * direct pollutant- directly harmful * Relative humidity-the ratio of the water vapor contained in a assumption volume of air to the maximum amount the air could contain for a given temperature * Residence time- in a biogeochemical cycle, the amount of time a alimental remains in a given pool or reservoir in the first place moving to another * Secondary pollutant- added to the atmosphere Sick building syndrome- a building-related disease produced by indoor pollution in which the specific cause is not identifiable. * Stratosphere- the layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere and below the mesosphere * Temperature inversion- an atypical increase in temperature with height in the troposphere * Troposphere- the bottommost layer of the atmosphere * VOCs- quicksilver(a) organic compound