AIR POLLUTION

Air Pollution created by man Burning of Fossil Fuels

Examples of fossil fuels: Oil and coal

Burning of fossil makes bad gases known as OXIDES

Air Pollution created naturally

Volcano ashForest Fires

Types of Pollution

Primary PollutantsCar exhaust

Industrial Smoke

Volcano Ash

Secondary PollutionMade when primary pollutants mix with natural

chemicals in the air.

Examples:Smog

Ozone

Acid Precipitation

When fossil fuels are burned, the bad gases they make go up into the clouds.

The gases make the clouds drop acid rain or snow, which harms animals, trees, and pollutes water supplies.

Ozone Layer

Protects us from ultraviolet radiation CFC’s (chlorofluorocarbons), found in some spray bottles, destroy the

ozone layer Ozone, after it is lost, is replaced by the sun energy and oxygen.

Health affects of Air Pollution

1. Coughing 2. Dizziness 3. Lung Disease 4. Runny Nose

Environmental Protection Agency

Controls air pollutants released by any source Created by Clean Air Act, passed by President Nixon in 1970 EPA makes companies use Scrubbers, which clean dirty air.