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Less than _____% of the world's water is usable fresh water.
1
Pollution that comes from a pipe or leaks from a tank is ____ pollution.
point
Pollution that is dispersed over an unspecified wide area is ___ pollution
nonpoint
Fertilizer and pesticide flowing off a corn field into a creek is considered a ____ pollution
nonpoint
Gasoline leaking from an underground storage tank is an example of ____ pollution.
point
Oxygen we breathe has ___ atoms of oxygen per molecule, whereas the ground level pollutant, Ozone, has ___ atoms per molecule.
2
3
We need ozone in the stratosphere to ...
protect us from UV light
UV stands for...
ultraviolet light
NOx + VOCs + sunlight near the ground cause....
ground-level ozone
Greenhouse gases are those that help keep the planet ___.
Warm
Typical greenhouse gases are water, methane, and ___ ____.
Carbon dioxide
Too much of the greenhouse gas on our planet can cause....
climate change or global warming
A lack of ozone in the stratosphere lets through too much UV light and can give us....
skin cancer
The top two air pollution creating events are...
coal burning to make electricity
transportation (gas & diesel)
The Cuyahoga River fire led to the passage of the ___ ___ ___
Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act required that we build ___ ___ plants so human and industrial wastes would no longer go directly into streams and lakes.
sewage treatment or wastewater treatment
The ____ ____ Act required that we reduce emissions coming from cars, power plants, and industries.
Clean Air
The major pollution control device on your car that complies with the Clean Air Act is the ___ ____.
catalytic converter
The catalytic converter on your car changes the pollutants, NOx, VOCs, and Carbon Monoxide, to ....
harmless nitrogen gas, water vapor, and carbon dioxide
Leaded gas is prohibited from modern cars because it fouls the expensive metals in the ____ ____
catalytic converter
In 1976, we passed a law that was intended to decrease illegal and unsafe dumping of hazardous waste. It is called the R____ C___ & R___ A__
Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA)
A 1980 law that provides a means for cleaning-up abandoned waste sites is the S_____ Act. (Lois Gibbs & Jimmy Carter helped.)
Superfund
(Actually is a long name with the initials CERCLA)
One reason why we have air pollution concentrated in our area is because of a ___ ___ at night that traps pollutants.
thermal inversion
A ___ ____ is an event on windless nights whereby warm air sits atop colder air. It happens in valleys surrounded by mountains.
thermal inversion