Today during the second half of class, we discussed ozone, or O3. The first thing to recognize when discussing ozone is that there is good ozone, and there is bad ozone. You MUST be able to distinguish between the two of these! Good ozone (O3) is responsible for absorbing and blocking about 95% of harmful [...]
*Note: This is a guest post from Alice G. in 8th period since I forgot ask for a scribe! Your car breathes in from the air and the fuel tank and it breathes primary pollutants out, which then are converted into secondary pollutants. The central reaction in your car starts with the reactants in the [...]
In class, we dicussed what made up “good air” and how it was defined. First things first, we talked about how in Environmental Science, we mostly focus on the troposohere and the stratosphere. There are several differences between the two, but they both hold very important roles in providing “good air” Trophosphere vs. Statosphere Trophosphere [...]
