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Air quality
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1Air pollutants are [blank_start]gases or aerosols[blank_end] in the [blank_start]atmosphere[blank_end] that have harmful effects on people or the environment
Primary air pollutants are pollutants released [blank_start]directly[blank_end] into the atmosphere mainly as a result of [blank_start]burning[blank_end] fuels or wastes
Secondary air pollutants are air pollutants resulting from [blank_start]reactions of primary air pollutatns[blank_end] in the atmosphere eg [blank_start]ozomne[blank_end], sulphuric acid, nitric acid- Agases or aerosols
- Batmosphere
- Ctroposphere
- Ddirectly
- Eburning
- Freleasing
- Greactions of primary air pollutatns
- Hdiffuse sources
- Iozone
- JCO2
2Nitrogen oxides (NOx)
- sources are mainly from [blank_start]transport[blank_end] (particularly [blank_start]road transport[blank_end]), energy generation and [blank_start]combustion[blank_end]
- NOx [blank_start]exacerbates[blank_end] symptoms of [blank_start]lung or heart[blank_end] problems, shortening and reducing quality of life
- NOx reacts with [blank_start]other pollutants[blank_end] to produce [blank_start]ground level ozone[blank_end]
- high levels of NOx can change [blank_start]soil chemistry[blank_end] and affects [blank_start]biodiversity[blank_end] in sensitive habitats- Atransport
- Broad transport
- Ccombustion
- Dexacerbates
- Elung or heart
- Fother pollutants
- Gground level ozone
- Hsoil chemistry
- Ibiodiversity
3Human hair is 60 micrometres (um) but PM10 and 2.5 are [blank_start]10 and 2.5 micrometres[blank_end] respecitvely so are easily inhaled
- PM10 is dust, [blank_start]pollen[blank_end], mold
-PM2.5 is [blank_start]combustion particles[blank_end], organic compounds, metals
- there are links to [blank_start]dementia[blank_end] and they can cause short term effects especially in [blank_start]asthmatics[blank_end]- A10 and 2.5 micrometres
- B100 and 25 micrometres
- Cpollen
- Dcombustion particles
- Edementia
- Fcancer
- Gasthmatics
4PM2.5
- sources are [blank_start]domestic burning[blank_end] wood and coal, industrial combustion, [blank_start]road transport[blank_end] and using industrial solvents
- small enough that they are [blank_start]absorbed into the blood[blank_end] from the lungs and can get [blank_start]embedded into organs[blank_end]
- most likely to effect people already suffering from [blank_start]lung and heart conditions[blank_end]- Adomestic burning
- Broad transport
- Cabsorbed into the blood
- Dembedded into organs
- Elung and heart conditions
5Industrial smog is when [blank_start]sulphur dioxide[blank_end] and particulates from [blank_start]burning coal[blank_end] meet [blank_start]fog/humid air[blank_end] to form [blank_start]grey industrial smog[blank_end]
Photochemical smog is from [blank_start]nitrogen oxides[blank_end] and [blank_start]volatile organic compounds[blank_end] eg from cars meeting [blank_start]sunlight[blank_end] to form a [blank_start]brown photochemical smog[blank_end]- Asulphur dioxide
- BCO2
- Cburning coal
- Dfog/humid air
- Edry conditions
- Fgrey industrial smog
- Gnitrogen oxides
- Hmethane
- Ivolatile organic compounds
- Jsunlight
- Kstreetlights
- Lbrown photochemical smog
6Secondary pollutants
Sulphur dioxide + atmospheric oxygen in wet conditions forms [blank_start]sulphuric acid[blank_end]
Sulphuric dioxide + atmospheric oxygen in dry conditions forms [blank_start]sulphate[blank_end]
Nitrogen oxides + atmospheric oxygen in wet conditions form [blank_start]nitric acid[blank_end]
Nitrogen oxides + atmospheric oxygen in dry conditions forms [blank_start]nitrate[blank_end]- Asulphuric acid
- Bsulphate
- Cnitric acid
- Dnitrate
7Mukuru, Nairobi
- [blank_start]920,000[blank_end] premature deaths every year in Africa due to [blank_start]PM2.5[blank_end] - also effects resilience, productivity and wellbeing of the community
- Tupumue study: a comparison of [blank_start]2373[blank_end] children with asthma from [blank_start]Mukuru[blank_end] (less affluent, more exposure to pollution) and [blank_start]Buruburu[blank_end] (more affluent, less exposure) - showed that children in [blank_start]Mukuru[blank_end] had more symptoms of asthma but were less likely to be diagnosed- A920,000
- BPM2.5
- C2373
- DMukuru
- EBuruburu
- FMukuru
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- Uni year 1 Geo Quiz on Air quality, created by Milly Brown on 20/04/2026.
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