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Earth's Air Cycle Explained

Air pollution comes from both natural sources like volcanoes and manmade sources such as vehicles, power plants, and factories. The main natural gases in air are nitrogen, oxygen, and water vapor while carbon dioxide and other pollutants are added through human activities like burning fossil fuels. Air pollution can travel long distances through wind currents and cause issues far from the original source, and activities that reduce emissions help limit air pollution and its harmful effects.

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Earth's Air Cycle Explained

Air pollution comes from both natural sources like volcanoes and manmade sources such as vehicles, power plants, and factories. The main natural gases in air are nitrogen, oxygen, and water vapor while carbon dioxide and other pollutants are added through human activities like burning fossil fuels. Air pollution can travel long distances through wind currents and cause issues far from the original source, and activities that reduce emissions help limit air pollution and its harmful effects.

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Air AWARENESS:

Air pollution comes from many sources,

both natural

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Around!

& manmade.

__________ _________
volcanic emissions

 ater
W
falls from
clouds that form
in the air. Pollutants
and tiny bits of soil are
carried with it to the
ground below.

Our air contains


a combination of different gasses:

78% _______________ , 21% _______________ ,

vehicle exhaust,
smokestack emissions

Ozone

(GOOD)
is a gas that occurs
naturally in the upper
atmosphere. It filters the
sun's ultraviolet rays
and protects life on
the planet from the
burning
rays.

Air pollution
from one
place can cause
problems
many miles
The
from
air is in
where it
constant motion
started.
around the earth
(wind). As it moves, it
absorbs water from lakes,
rivers and oceans, picks
up soil from the land, and
moves pollutants in the air.

______________
__________.

_______ ___________ __________ (AQI). We can check the


daily AQI on the Internet or from local news sources.

Forests can be harmed when


nutrients are drained out of the
soil by acid rain, and trees can't

forms when sulfur


oxides and nitrogen oxides mix
_______________ properly.
with water vapor in the air. Because
wind moves the air, acid rain can fall
hundreds of miles from its source. Acid
rain can make lakes so acidic that plants
and animals can't _________________
in the water.
Greenhouse
gases, sulfur
oxides and
nitrogen oxides
are added to the
air when coal, oil
and natural gas are
burned to provide

4
People and animals

breathe in air.
We use ___________
and exhale

Scientists check the quality of


our air every day and grade it using the

Acid rain

Earth's
Air
Cycle
Plants use carbon dioxide
from the air during
photosynthesis, and
release oxygen.
They absorb water
and pollutants
carried in
the air.

plus 1% from _______________ _______________,


water vapor, and other gasses.

_________________.
Smoke from

factories and

CarS, TruckS
& BusES

add carbon dioxide, sulfur


oxides, nitrogen oxides
and particulate matter to
the air. Carbon dioxide is a
_________________ gas and
contributes to climate change.
The other pollutants contribute
to acid rain, ground-level ozone
and smog.

POWER PLANTS

adds particulate matter


(tiny particles) to the air.

How many manmade sources of air pollution


can you find here?
Can you find people doing things to limit air pollution?

ozone

(BAD)
sometimes forms at ground
level when the weather is
hot and sunny and the air is
polluted. It makes breathing
__________________, especially
for people with asthma.

Choosing
to get around
without motorized
transportation is not
only good for the air,
its good for

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

___________________, too.

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