Unit 10 Reading Study Guide
Focus on the following concepts in this week's reading.
Chapter 18
- Primary vs. secondary pollutants
- The Clean Air Act
- Carbon monoxide--sources and impacts
- Oxides of sulfur--sources and impacts
- Particulates--sources and impacts
- Volatile organic compounds--sources and impacts
- Oxides of nitrogen--sources and impacts
- Ozone
- Photochemical smog
- Chronic health effects of air pollution
- Stationary vs. mobile sources of air pollution
- Scrubbing
- Catalytic converters
- Inspection and maintenance programs
- CAFE standards
- Electric vs. hybrid cars
- Fuel cell technology
- Mass transit
Chapter 19
- Greenhouse effect
- Global Climate Change
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Projected effects of global warming
- Kyoto Protocol
- Strategies for reducing carbon dioxide emissions
- Acid deposition
- Acid precursors
- Effects of acid deposition
- High sulfur vs. low sulfur coal
- Synergistic reactors
- Air Quality Accord
- Stratosphere vs. troposphere
- Ozone layer and its depletion
- Chlorofluorocarbons
- Montreal Protocol
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