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Air Pollution
Term | Definition |
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Acid Rain | harmful rain that can harm buildings and plants |
Climate | the average temperature and precipitation in an area |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
Carbon Dioxide | a gas found in the air; exhaled by humans and animals |
Ecosystems | a specific area where living and non-living things interact |
Fossil Fuels | a non-renewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago Examples include coal and oil. |
Mold Spores | small particles from moldy areas that cause one to get sick |
Ozone | layer of gas that protects us from the Sun's rays |
Pollutant | waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil |
Radioactive | giving off dangerous levels of nuclear radiation |
Radon | radioactive odorless, tasteless gas; with long term exposure may cause lung cancer |
Smog | polluted air made up of fog, smoke and particle matter |