8.3 Urban air pollutionIB Environmental Systems and Societies SL: Flashcards
What these 13 flashcards ask
- List four common urban air pollutants.
- What is a primary pollutant?
- Give one natural and one anthropogenic source of particulates.
- What is the main origin of most urban air pollutants?
- How does carbon monoxide form?
- How does acid rain form?
- Why can acid rain damage ecosystems far from the source?
- How does acid deposition harm lakes?
- How does acid rain damage buildings?
- Name a technology that reduces SO2 emissions from power stations.
- Name a device that reduces NOx and CO emissions from vehicles.
- Give a limitation of liming acidified lakes.
- Name two ways to reduce urban air pollution at the source.
Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).