0
Want this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What three things make up smog?
Classic smog is made of smoke, sulfur dioxide and fog Photochemical smog is made of reactive hydrocarbons, PAHs, nitrogen oxides, ozone
That photochemical smog levels would be higher during the winter or during the summer Explain.?
The formation of photochemical smog is "powered" by exposure of the pollutants to ultraviolet light. Summer sunlight is generally more intense and lasts for longer each day. This would enhance smog production. Summer temperatures are also higher speeding up the conversion reactions.
What makes up smog and ground level ozone?
vehicles make up smog and ground level ozone. They are pollutants.
Is a nuclear mushroom cloud smog?
no, smog is a contraction of smoke and fog(originally observed in London when houses burned coal for heat and cooking), however it is usually used now to refer to a haze produced photochemically from car exhaust (photochemical smog). A mushroom cloud is a mixture of debris picked up, vaporized metal, smoke from fires, etc. produced by an explosion (nuclear or not).
What gases make up your universe?
Hydrogen and Helium gases make up the universe.
What is the key ingredient in smog?
im pretty sure its a thick brownish haze that forms when certain gases in the air react with sunlight.
What means smog forms over cities?
Cities are places of concentrated human activity and, if not checked, human can and do produce a lot of air pollutants from chimney in homes and factories and form car exhausts. These pollutants are Sulfur based gases and small Carbon particles. They can mix with natural fog/mist to form smog because they make the fog denser and dirtier. Also in good weather the particles and gasses react with sunlight to form a photochemical smog which hangs like a haze over the cities. Both types of smog are very harmful to human health - THEY KILL PEOPLE - and can be prevented by using catalytic converters on cars and insisting all fuels used in cities are smokeless and that factories scrub their exhaust fumes of pollutants before exhausting them to the air. This was a lesson learned in Europe during the Industrial revolution. Sadly the developing world does not seem to be learning form these experiences.
How does temperature inversion affect the smog levels in the city of Los Angeles?
with all of the Co2 and all of the other gases in LA, the more the heat goes up, the thicker the Smog will get because off all the gases, and all of the gases will be coming together, wich will form a big kind of "killing cloud" :)
What two words are used to make up the word smog?
smoke and fog
What is the polluted air?
Simple chemisty. N2 and O2 are present in the atmosphere at about 78% and 21%. They normally don't react, but an engine gets hot enough to do so. They make NO which then reacts with more O2 to make NO2. NO2 his hit by high frequency solar energy which causes it to split into NO + O NO and NO2 are greenhouse gases, along with CO2, and they are also TOXIC to us humans. Also, ozone in the troposphere (where we live) is actually a pollutant. The free oxygen, O, can combine with more O2 to make O3, ozone....which is a pollutant in the troposphere. Also NO2 SO2 and SO3 all combine with water in the atmosphere and make it ACIDIC! This is acid rain. This is an example of photochemical smog. For another example, look up London smog. that is ONE cause, there are MANY.
What is the pollution of air?
Simple chemisty. N2 and O2 are present in the atmosphere at about 78% and 21%. They normally don't react, but an engine gets hot enough to do so. They make NO which then reacts with more O2 to make NO2. NO2 his hit by high frequency solar energy which causes it to split into NO + O NO and NO2 are greenhouse gases, along with CO2, and they are also TOXIC to us humans. Also, ozone in the troposphere (where we live) is actually a pollutant. The free oxygen, O, can combine with more O2 to make O3, ozone....which is a pollutant in the troposphere. Also NO2 SO2 and SO3 all combine with water in the atmosphere and make it ACIDIC! This is acid rain. This is an example of photochemical smog. For another example, look up London smog. that is ONE cause, there are MANY.
Do gases make up most of the periodic table?
no - gases are few in number - metals make up most of the periodic table
