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16.2 Air Quality
Fossil fuel emissions affect the biosphere.
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| pollution | anything that is added to the environment and has a negative effect on the environment or its organisms |
| smog | air pollution in which gases released from burning fossil fuels form a fog when they react with sunlight |
| particulate | microscopic bits of dust, metal, and unburned fuel produced by industrial processes |
| acid rain | precipitation produced when pollutants in the atmosphere cause the pH of rain to decrease |
| greenhouse effect | normal warming effect produced when gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, trap heat in Earth's atmosphere |
| global warming | worldwide trend of increasing average temperatures |
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Blue Valley Northwest High School |
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