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1. Air pollution


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.

 

air pollution classification

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.  

 

 

                           
         origin        
                 
          

                              
  transformation 
                             

       type of      
    substances  
                         

 

natural 
            

anthro-pogenic

primary 
               

secon- dary   

aerosol 
              

gas   
          

sulphur dioxide from a coal-fired stove.

                  

ozone from forest fires in Indonesia in 1997
(see Espere-website: Lower atmosphere / Basics // 2.Vegetations... / Fire)

                 

smoke from the forest fires in Indonesia in 1997
(see the same website)

                  

zinc oxide from the abrasion of car tires.

                  

carbon dioxide from a modern coal-fired power station with a high chimney

                  

carbon dioxide from a modern coal-fired power station with a low chimney

                  

silicon dioxide from the eruption of the Mt. Pinatubo volcano
(see Espere-website: higher atmosphere/basics// 1. understanding the stratosphere/ - composition)

                 

nitrogen oxides from a stationary diesel generator

                 

terpene (volatile hydrocarbons) from a pine tree

                 

sulphur dioxide from buses

                 

ozone above a large city in the summer

                  

caesium 137 from the nuclear accident in Chernobyl (Ukraine) 1986

                 

sulphuric acid in clouds

                   
                    
                   
                     

 

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
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