Atmosphere

Environmental Issues


Associate Level Material
Appendix D

Air Pollution Chart

After reviewing Ch. 8 and 9 of your text, complete the following table, then respond to the questions thatfollow:

|Issue |Sources |Health/Environmental Effects |
|Carbon dioxide (CO2) |Carbon Oxides|Affects global warming |
|Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) |Man Made Pollutant |Allows more solar UV to reach the Earth’s surface|
|Ground-level ozone (O3) |Man Made Pollutant |Smog, global warming, lower crop fields |
|Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) |SulfurOxides |Oxidize metals and damage stores and other materials. Damage |
| | |plants, can irritate respiratory tracts|


Note: Some pollutants may not have direct health effects.

Choose one of the following atmospheric issues: air pollution, global warming, ozone depletion, and aciddeposition. Then, respond to the following:

• What air pollutants combine and contribute to this issue?


Carbon Dioxide and Ground level ozone are two major factors that affectglobal warming and all the unbalance that we are seeing in the earth.
In a way I believe it’s a reaction to all the harm we have caused.


• Briefly describe the health andenvironmental problems caused by the selected atmospheric issue.


Global warming is an issue that affects the climate of the earth. It can cause major problems for the earth environment.Global warming is a threat to all living things because of the significant problems for many living things.


• Provide one key solution to help either reduce the effects or recover from...