SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Vehicles
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Power plants
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All of the above
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -They are emitted by various industrial processes, coal-or oil-burning power plants, residential heating systems, and automobiles.
Detailed explanation-2: -mobile sources – such as cars, buses, planes, trucks, and trains. stationary sources – such as power plants, oil refineries, industrial facilities, and factories. area sources – such as agricultural areas, cities, and wood burning fireplaces. natural sources – such as wind-blown dust, wildfires, and volcanoes.
Detailed explanation-3: -These six pollutants are carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxides, ground-level ozone, particle pollution (often referred to as particulate matter), and sulfur oxides.
Detailed explanation-4: -A primary pollutant is an air pollutant emitted directly from a source e.g., carbon monoxide (CO), oxides of nitrogen (NOx, NO), sulfur oxides (SOx), SO2, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particulate matter (dust, ash, salt particles).
Detailed explanation-5: -Particulate matter (PM10 and PM2. Ozone (O3) Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) Carbon monoxide (CO) Sulphur dioxide (SO2)