Did you say that you have gas? Vroom, vroom The most dangerous gas Miscellaneous Randomness
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What are CFCs? Chlorofluorocarbons
This group of chemicals is responsible for the thinning of the ozone layer
100
What is carbon monoxide?
This is the gas that cannot be removed from exhaust systems and has been known to kill people quickly.
100
What is carbon dioxide?
This compound creates the 50% of gases responsible for air pollution.
100
What is habitat?
This is the name of the area or environment where an organism normally lives.
100
What is radon?
This can come into the home if built over a radioactive source.
200
What is the ozone layer?
This is the name of the compound that filters out UV rays from the sun.
200
What is the catalytic converter?
This is the tool applied to exhaust systems to remove nitrous oxides from exhaust.
200
What is the greenhouse effect?
This is the name of the heat buildup from sunlight passing through a clear object.
200
What is asbestos?
This was used in early home construction and engineering of cars' brakes and clutches and its damaging to the lungs.
200
What are UV rays?
As a part of the sun, these are what can cause skin damage and other life threatening effects.
300
What are hydrocarbons?
These gases are held in check by stack scrubbers in large industrial plants
300
What is tetraethyl lead?
This compound, now removed from fuel, can be dangerous to catalytic converters.
300
What is photosynthesis?
This natural plant process utilizes CO2.
300
What are electrostatic precipitators?
These are devices that remove particulates from gases by passing over two electrically charged fields of opposite charge.
300
What is sulfur dioxide?
This is the scientific name for acid rain.
400
What is methane?
This is the gas that is emitted from naturally decaying plant materials.
400
What is the chainsaw?
This household tool can cause 50 times more pollution per hp than a modern truck.
400
What is respiration?
This natural plant process releases CO2.
400
What are particulates?
These are solid compounds found in emissions that cause damage to people with asthma or emphysema.
400
What is hydrogen and carbon?
These two elements are what are found in hydrocarbons.
500
What is sulfur?
This pale yellow element combines with oxygen and moisture to create acid rain.
500
What is 2 hours?
This is the time period that when running a chainsaw can equal the hydrocarbon released from a car driving coast to coast in the US.
500
What is air?
This colorless, odorless, tasteless gas should consist of 78% N and 21% O.
500
What is 100 years?
This is the time period that CFCs last in the atmosphere before breaking down.
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What is chlorine, fluorine, and carbon?
These are the three main elements found in CFCs.






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