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Air Pollution
What do we need to survive?SunAirWaterSoil
How do our lungs work? http://www.lung.org/your-lungs/how-lung
s-work/
What keeps you alive? Air
What happens to our lungs if we breath in good air?
What happens to our lungs if we breath in bad air?
What causes air pollution? Smog (ozone)
Gas that hurts the lungs. You can’t see or smell it
Sunlight turns car exhaust and industrial emissions into smog
What causes air pollution? Particles in the air
Gasoline Burning Fields
What can you think of? Air pollution is caused by every day
activities. What can you think of that people and machines do every day?
Driving Cars Smoking Factories Burning Trash Fires Flying Planes Spraying chemicals Burning fields
How can air pollution harm you? Have your lungs ever hurt when you’ve gone
outside? Have you had a hard time catching your breath? Health Effects:
Irritated Eyes Sore Throat Cough Headache Chest Tightness Shortness of Breath Wheezing Feel Tired Nausea
What chemicals are in the air? Carbon Monoxide
Where does it come from? No color or smell Gas
Nitrogen Acids Comes during rush hour from cars
Hydrocarbons Caused when petrol is not fully burnt
Particulates Small Dust and fumes in the air Caused by vehicles, factories, and burning coal for heating
Smog Alert! What can you do when the air is not
healthy? Avoid running and bicycling outside Play indoors Pay attention to how you feel Drink a lot of fluids Avoid dust, smoke, and sprays Carpool
What can you do to keep the air clean?
What can you do to keep the air clean?
What can you do to keep the air clean?
What can you do to keep the air clean?
What can you do to keep the air clean?
What can you do to keep the air clean?
Air Quality Chart
Let’s Read…”Why is Coco Orange?” http://
www.epa.gov/airnow/picturebook/coco's-orange-day-web.pdf
What is asthma? What is an air quality chart? Why is an air quality chart useful? What causes the air quality to change
each day?
What is the Clean Air Act? Funds for Federal Research in air
pollution Regards to pollution control Monitors, controls , and minimizes air
pollution Establishes a program to phase out the
use of chemicals that harm the ozone layer
Next slide…. In the next slide, you will need to record
what the AQI was for the indicated year on your graph. Then record where the compares to on the chart.
What was Atchison’s Air Quality Index up to 2009?
Let’s do an activity! Let’s go to…..
http://www.teacherplanet.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj/genopenaqi.html
Get Ready!Go!
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