APES Study Guide Air Pollution Air Pollution (Endangered Global Commons) Natural Air Pollutants Volcanoes sulfur oxides‚ particulates Forest Fires Carbon monoxides‚ carbon dioxide‚ Nitrogen oxides‚ particulates Wind storms Dust Living Plants Hydrocarbons‚ pollen Decaying plants Methane‚ hydrogen sulfide Sea Salt particulates Major Air Pollutants Carbon Monoxide From transportation Causes headache‚ dizziness‚ decreased tolerance to exercise
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Environmental Science Dr Larsen 07/27/10 Air pollution Air pollution has been a problem for years and has caused many infections and depletion of the natural environment. The most recognized depletion is the depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer. Pollution has caused this and has been reason for the increase in human health problems. Indoor air pollution and urban air quality are listed as two of the world’s worst pollution problems in the 2008 Blacksmith Institute World’s Worst
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LECTURE NOTES For Environmental Health Science Students Air Pollution Mengesha Admassu‚ Mamo Wubeshet University of Gondar In collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative‚ The Carter Center‚ the Ethiopia Ministry of Health‚ and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education August 2006 Funded under USAID Cooperative Agreement No. 663-A-00-00-0358-00. Produced in collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative‚ The Carter Center‚ the Ethiopia Ministry of
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My views of the environment are rooted in my belief in creation. I do not believe that life on earth began spontaneously‚ nor do I believe that the earth is so delicately balanced. I don’t believe that the earth and its ecosystem are fragile. Many radical environmentalists do‚ they believe man can come along‚ all by themselves and change everything for worse. After hundreds of millions of years‚ they believe that we are the last two generations of human existence. And they think we can destroy
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Where do you look when you want to know where pollutants in a lake are coming from? -The watershed and what is going on inside it (watershed approach) What does the Clean Water Act primarily deal with? - point source pollution The Clean Water Act regulates what three categories? - Conventional - Non conventional - Toxic What are the conventional pollutants? - The more common‚ ubiquitous in the environment that are typically in larger quantities What are the Non conventional pollutants
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hunting-gathering‚ agricultural and industrial societies in terms of lifestyle‚ population size‚ energy requirements‚ resource utilization‚ environmental impact‚ etc. Did all of these societal types exploit their environment? Explain your answer. Explain the IPAT model. How does each variable contribute to environmental impact? What do we mean by environmental impact (provide examples)? How might the components of the model differ when comparing more developed countries with lesser-developed
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Along with harming human health‚ air pollution can cause a variety of environmental effects: Acid rain is precipitation containing harmful amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids. These acids are formed primarily by nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. These acids fall to the Earth either as wet precipitation (rain‚ snow‚ or fog) or dry precipitation (gas and particulates). Some are carried by the wind‚ sometimes hundreds of miles. In the environment
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Steps of the Scientific Method Observe and Question Form testable hypothesis/prediction Collect data/conduct experiment to test prediction Interpret results If hypothesis is accepted then disseminate findings‚ if not make new hypothesis Repeat Understand the Gaia Hypothesis That living matter on the earth collectively defines and regulates the material conditions necessary for the continuance of life. The planet‚ or rather the biosphere‚ is thus likened to a vast self-regulating organism-
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The environmental degradation is the deterioration of environment through depletion of resources‚ such as soil‚ water and air. When natural habitats destroyed or natural resources depleted‚ the environment are degraded. Here’s‚ one example of air pollution which lead to environment degraded in London. London in SE England had the reputation of one of the most polluted cities in Europe in the 1950s. Air pollution had reached such a serious stage that it caused the London Smog in 1952 that caused
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Environmental Science Final Study Guide ENERGY • • • • • • Energy is the capacity to do work (Work = Force x Distance) or to move matter. Different forms of energy: o Chemical energy o Radiant energy o Solar energy o Thermal energy o Mechanical energy o Nuclear energy o Electrical energy Kinetic energy (moving energy) o Associated
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