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Air Pollution (Causes (Car engines, power plants, factories, furnaces,…
Air Pollution
Causes
Car engines
power plants
factories
furnaces
stoves
Fossil fuels
examples
coal
gas
oil
release
deadly gases
carbon dioxide
sulfur dioxide
problems
make eyes water
make throat feel dry
damage your lungs
cause cancer
make healthy people sick
greenhouse gases
contribute to global warming
Acid Rain
pollutants in the air mixes with water droplets
lower pH than normal rain
can destroy habitats & orgnisms
pollute the water & ground
Natural sources
of air pollution
wildfires
cow burps
contain methane (harmful gas)
volcanic eruption
Things we can do
ride bikes & walk
drive hybrid cars
insulate our homes
saving energy to heat & cool
saving energy
saving electricity
less burning of fossil fuels
less air pollution
Smog
mixture
smoke + fog
contain
ozone
three oxygen atoms
part of our atmosphere
High: protects us from solar radiation
Low: reacts with other chemicals
produce deadly poisons
thinned out due to humans
harmful ultra violet rays reach us