Air Pollution Review

3. The area where most ozone loss is taking place.
5. _____ in the lower atmosphere is a pollutant, but in the upper atmosphere protects life from ultraviolet radiation.
6. The ozone _____ in Earth's stratosphere helps protect us from the Sun's ultraviolet light.
8. A hydrocarbon created from the remains of formerly living organisms that can be used for energy.
9. A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet such as Earth.
10. Air _____ is a measure of pollutants in the air.
12. _____ radiation is a high energy radiation from the Sun that can be dangerous to Earth’s life.
13. _____ gases such as carbon dioxide and methane that absorb and hold heat from the sun’s infrared radiation in the atmosphere.

1. Solid particles in the air, such as dust, salt, or ash.
2. The chief cause in ozone layer destruction.
4. _____ rain that has a pH less than 5 which can damage soil, water, limestone, marble, and living things such as trees and fish.
7. This type of smog is an air pollution results from a chemical reaction between pollutants in the presence of sunlight.
11. A situation in which warm air lies above cold air.