Istituto Statale di Istruzione Superiore Paolo Carcano

Answer the following questions for Friday April 17th: 

from your book (pages 40, 42 and 44)

1. What is environmental pollution?
2. Where does it come from
3. What are the main groups of pollutants that cause air pollution
4. How can air pollution be controlled?
5. What is photochemical smog?
6. When and where is it more common?
7. How does it develop?
8. What are the positive and negative roles of winds and rain

   from any source you think may be suitable  (in English if possible)

    

9. What is carbon monoxide, where does it come from and why is it dangerous?
10. What is nitrogen dioxide, where does it come from and why is it dangerous?
11. What is sulphur (sulfur) dioxide, where does it come from and why is it dangerous?
12. What is ozone, where does it come from and what roles does it play?
13. What is acid rain?

Suggested links

• www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/english.html (link > air quality)
• www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/pollution-main.html
• encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761577413/air_pollution.html
• en.wikipedia.org/