Name ________________________________________ Date___________________________
Air Quality Guided Notes
The atmosphere

Sets the Earth apart from other planets and
makes it ________________________ for
us to live

Is comparatively about
____________________ as thick of the skin
of an apple (compared to size)

Is ___________________ nitrogen,
__________ oxygen, and ___________
other gases.

Other gases include
____________________________________

Divided into ____________________.

Air ________________________ and
______________________ between layers

Air quality
Conditions ________________ from Earth
to space.
Air quality is ____________________ the same
from area because ______________________
______________________________________
Types of air pollution
Two types of air pollution

_____________________ matter (PM)

_________________________
Summarize important points from the diagram.
Primary Pollutants
Definition:
Sources:
Secondary Pollutants
Definition:
Example:
Ground-level ozone
How does it form?
Carbon dioxide
Sources:
Reaction:
Nitrogen dioxide
Sources:
Reaction:
Volatile Organic Compounds
Sources:
Reaction
Ozone
Sources:
Reaction:
Causes of air pollution
Main sources of air pollution are:
____________________ conditions and
_____________________ dynamics impact
whether or not the emissions disperse.
Temperature inversions
Normal conditions:
Inversion conditions:
When they are worst:
How do they affect dilution and how pollutants
disperse?