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Worksheet 1
Criteria of pollution
We classify air pollution so we can look at the relationships between different pollutants, how these pollutants affect the environment and what impact human activity has.
authors: Anita Bokwa, Michael Seesing, Pawel Jezioro (©2004)
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Fill in the table below to show the origin of each air pollutant, whether it is directly emitted into the air or is formed as a result of atmospheric reactions and whether it is a gas or an aerosol.
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natural |
anthro-pogenic |
primary |
secon- dary |
aerosol |
gas |
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sulphur dioxide from a coal-fired stove. |
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ozone from forest fires in Indonesia in 1997 |
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smoke from the forest fires in Indonesia in 1997 |
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zinc oxide from the abrasion of car tires. |
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carbon dioxide from a modern coal-fired power station with a high chimney |
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carbon dioxide from a modern coal-fired power station with a low chimney |
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silicon dioxide from the eruption of the Mt. Pinatubo volcano |
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nitrogen oxides from a stationary diesel generator |
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terpene (volatile hydrocarbons) from a pine tree |
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sulphur dioxide from buses |
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ozone above a large city in the summer |
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caesium 137 from the nuclear accident in Chernobyl (Ukraine) 1986 |
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sulphuric acid in clouds |
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About this page:
Authors: M. Seesing, M. Tausch - Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg / Germany
Reviewer: Dr. Anita Bokwa - Jagiellonian University - Cracow / Poland Last update: 2004-05-13