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Air and Water Resources - Coggle Diagram
Air and Water Resources
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Air
Air is needed for every living things because it functions to breathe, but when using fossil fuels for daily needs, the air can get polluted which can harm you body and create multiple factors.
Smog
Smog is produced by fossil fuels. Photochemical smog is a brownish haze produced when nitrogen compounds and other pollutants in the air react in the presence of sunlight. Smog can also do harm for humans like irritate your respiratory system and increase the chance of asthma attacks.
Acid Precipitation
Some compounds that are released by fossil fuels can also make the water acidic. Acid precipitation is precipitation that has a pH less than 5.6
Natural Events
Not only fossil fuels emit things into the atmosphere, but natural events too. Forests fires and volcanic eruptions release gases, ash and sun into the air that can also cause similar health problems like the others listed below in smog.
Water
Fresh water is only 0.9% of all of the water on Earth which means it its very rare. The problem is, scientist pollute water a lot because they use it for industry, electricity production, household activities, transportation, and recreation. An example can be how water can be mixed with fertilizers when irrigating fields. This can cause multiple problems.