Billions of tons of air pollutants are developed each year
Sulfuric Dioxide is a major pollutant that comes from electrical plants
Some pollutants can be created by forms of sunlight
carbon monoxide is another major cause of pollution
Urban area pollution is caused mainly by transportation and the heating or cooling of residential homes and businesses
The industrialization in major cities plays a major role in pollution and global warming
Smog is created by burning coal and oil and is found mostly in major cities
Smog is usually found in winter months
in 1952 in London, 4,000 people died due to Smog
Pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ozone and peroxyacl nitrates (PANs), cause direct damage to leaves of crop plants and trees when they enter leaf pores (stomates)
Midwestern United States crop owners can lose up to 5 billion dollars a year from pollution taking over their crops
-Carbon Monoxide- a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas, that burns with a pale-blue flame: produced when carbon burns with insufficient air: used chiefly in organic synthesis, metallurgy, and in the preparation of metal carbonyls, as nickel carbonyl. Has a formula of CO.
-Peroxyacl Nitrate- causes direct damage to leaves crop plants and trees.
- Smog- the word "smog" is a portmanteau of smoke and fog. Classic smog results from large amount of coal burning in an area and is caused by a mixture of smoke and sulfur dioxide
-Stomates- any of the microscopic openings or pores in the epidermis of leaves and young stems that causes them to die.
-Sulfuric Dioxide- a colorless, nonflammable, water-soluble, suffocating gas that is formed when sulfur burns: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals such as sulfuric acid, in preserving fruits and vegetable, and in bleaching, disinfecting, and fumigation. Has the formula SO2.