Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Atmosphere:
Air
- COMPOSITION
- Nitrogen
78%
- Oxygen
21%
- Noble
Gases
<1%
- Carbon
Dioxide
0.03%
- Carbon Cycle
- Production of carbon dioxide
- Respiration
- Removal of carbon dioxide
- Photosynthesis
- ATMOSPHERIC
POLLUTANTS
- Carbon
Monoxide
- PRODUCED BY
incomplete combustion of
carbon-containing
substances
- CAUSES death.
Very poisonous,
that's why some
people die in their
cars.
- REDUCED BY
catalytic
converters.
(convert CO to
CO2)
- Sulfur Dioxide
- PRODUCED BY
volcanic eruptions
& combustion of
fossil fuels.
- CAUSES
acid rain &
breathing
difficulties.
- REDUCED BY
flue gas
desulfurisation.
(CaCO3
removes SO2)
- Oxides of nitrogen
(NO and NO2)
- PRODUCED BY
lightning activity &
internal combustion
engines.
- CAUSES
acid rain
& lung
damage.
- REDUCED BY
catalytic
converters.
(Convert NO and
NO2 to N2
nitrogen)
- Methane
- PRODUCED BY
bacterial decay
of organic
matter & human
activities
- CAUSES
greenhouse
effect & global
warming (it's a
greenhouse
gas)
- Unburnt
Hydrocarbons
- PRODUCED BY
incomplete
combustion of
carbon-containing
fuels.
- CAUSES
photochemical
smog (don't
we love this
word) &
formation of
ozone.
- REDUCED BY
catalytic
converters.
- Ozone
- PRODUCED BY
photochemical
reactions
- CAUSES
eye
irritation &
respiratory
problems.
- REDUCED BY
reducing
emissions of
unburnt
hydrocarbon
fuels.