Engineering Board Exam Reviewer · Environmental Engineering · easy

Ground-level ozone is classified as a:

1. Primary pollutant
2. Secondary pollutant
3. Greenhouse gas only
4. Harmless gas

Answer

B. Secondary pollutant

Solution

It forms from NOx and VOCs in sunlight (photochemical smog).

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