NAME: PERIOD: Fill in the blanks in the sentences, using the words and phrases below: voc's air pollution Economic losses disasters lead wastes dust mites and mold Acidification particulate matter noxious pollutant Fuels indoors carbon dioxide Penetrate Breenhouse effect sulfur and nitrogen oxides Photochemical smog exhaust fumes oxides of nitrogen Smog oxygen ozone depletion 1 ‘occurs when the concentrations of certain substances become high enough to cause the atmospheric environment to become toxic. 2. Air pollutants can be _ form, and can come from natural as welll as human sources, 3. Abundant amounts of air pollution changes natural atmospheric processes, causing acid rains, ‘ozone hole, and enhancing 4. Industrial or gray is considered the most serious type of air pollution. 5. Smoke and oxides that are released by burning coal and oil containing minor amounts of is the cause. 6. Industrial smog has been known to cause air pollution 7. Another main cause of air pollution is from cars and other vehicles that run on gasoline or diesel. 8 Until few years ago, was added to most gasolines to make car engines run better. 9, Road traffic emissions, particularly from diesel vehicles are a major source of. and nitrogen oxides. 10. P10 particles are of major current concern, as they are small enough deep into the lungs and so potentially pose significant health risks 11, from power plants, industry, cars and other sources cause rain, snow and fog to become acidic.12. The most serious damage caused by acid rivers. today is of water lakes and 13. is another result of pollution. 14. Ozone in the in the upper level occurs naturally and protects life on earth but ozone at ground levels a 15. Ozone is the major component of, urban air quality problem. and presents the most intractable 16. Ozone is secondary pollutant formed in the atmosphere through a complex set of chemical reactions involving hydrocarbons, and sunlight. 17. The greenhouse effect, also referred to as global warming, is generally believed to come from the build up of. gasin the atmosphere, 18. Its the major component of. are burned 19. Plants convert carbon dioxide back to , but the release of carbon dioxide from human activities is higher than the world's plants can process. 20. Finally, air pollution can also occur. 21. Common indoor air pollutants include carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide from faulty gas heaters and cookers, carbon monoxide and benzene from cigarette smoke, and from synthetic furnishings, vinyl flooring and paints. 22. _ Imaddition, there are biological pollutants such as 23. Air pollution generates various but their detailed estimation is extremely difficult. 24. Many electric power plants, factories, and faci are ‘equipped with devices called scrubbers.