Air Pollution TIC-TAC-TOE Review Game

Directions: You and your partner select 9 vocabulary terms from the list below and write them in the Tic-Tac-Toe boxes in Game 1 and Game 2 Primary PollutantsRadon Gas Secondary Pollutants Formaldehyde Particulate MatterVOCs Photochemical SmogSO 2 Indoor Air Pollution O 3 CO

Sources include: Cigarette smoke Formaldehyde Radon Bacteria, viruses, mold, dust mites, pollen Carbon monoxide Asbestos Indoor Air Pollution

As an indoor air pollutant, this pollutant is an asphyxiant at high concentrations and can kill unsuspecting people through suffication CO (Carbon Monoxide)

VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds)

Primary Pollutants

Sources of this indoor pollutant include: Plywood Particle board Wallpaper Furniture Draperies Carpeting Formaldehyde

This primary pollutant can combine with water vapor in the atmosphere and form weak sulfuric acid SO 2 (Sulfur Dioxide)

Particulate Matter

SO 3 (Sulfur trioxide) NHO 3 (Nitric Acid) H 2 SO 4 (Sulfuric Acid) O 3 PANS NO 3 ─ salts SO 4 2─ salts Secondary Pollutants

Radon gas

Even though this molecule is a pollutant in the troposphere, it is actually very beneficial in the stratosphere O 3 (Ozone)

Primary air pollutant released from the combustion of fossil fuels; can be removed from smoke stacks using wet scrubbers SO 2 (Sulfur Dioxide)

Air pollutants that are released directly from their source into the atmosphere Primary Pollutants

Indoor Air Pollution

Seeps into buildings from underground deposits; it is a decay product of radioactive uranium, radium, or thorium Radon gas

Photochemical Smog Cities built in valleys and areas surrounded by mountains are subject to temperature inversions that trap air pollutants.

Formaldehyde

Air pollutants that form as the products of chemical reactions that occur among primary pollutants and other chemicals present in the atmosphere Secondary Pollutants

This primary pollutant can be a solid or liquid and is emitted from coal fired power plants, agricultural field work operations, tobacco smoke and motor vehicle exhaust Particulate Matter

VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds)

Primary pollutant that is a product of incomplete combustion reactions during the burning of fossil fuels CO (Carbon Monoxide)

Most common sources include: Xylene Ethylene Benzene Toluene These chemicals create ground level ozone and prolong the life of methane in the atmosphere VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds)

Secondary air pollutant that is a major component of photochemical smog O 3 (Ozone)

Photochemical Smog

CO CO 2 SO 2 NO NO 2 VOCs Primary Pollutants

When inhaled, the alpha particles can damage lung tissues and other tissues of the respiratory tract which can increase the risk for lung cancer Radon gas

Secondary Pollutants

Symptoms of this indoor air pollutant include: Headache Respiratory irritant Eye irritant Sore throat Skin rashes Dizziness Nausea Cancer Formaldehyde

The majority of people in developed countries have jobs that keep them indoors. Due to poor ventilation, this accumulates and increase in concentration and can reach unhealthy levels very quickly Indoor Air Pollution

Photochemical Smog

This unstable molecule is a strong oxidant and readily reacts to shed an oxygen atom to become a more stable molecule. O 3 (Ozone)