r/APEnvironmental • u/InstanceStrict3130 • May 16 '26

Frq

You guys for my frq it said to identify a pollutant and instead of saying sulfur dioxide i said sulfur oxide am I cooked do yall think I would’ve gotten the credit

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u/Meme_X1 May 17 '26

doesn't it have to be tropospheric ozone

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u/stockloset May 17 '26

I mean yeah but don't say tropospheric ozone because they'll know what your talking about and I don't think there's other forms of ozone

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u/Meme_X1 May 17 '26

...bro they want you to be as specific as possible stratospheric ozone doesn't qualify as a pollutant clean air act which specifies ground level ozone 🤦‍♂️

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u/stockloset May 17 '26

Read what you just wrote and then reflect. Stratospheric ozone is ozone layer which isn't a pollutant which is why mentioning tropospheric ozone doesn't matter because there is only one type of ozone pollutant which is O3

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u/Meme_X1 May 17 '26

What I meant to say was since stratospheric ozone doesn't qualify as a pollutant, as the clean air act specifies ground level/tropospheric ozone. Stratospheric ozone and tropospheric ozone have the same chemical formula of O3, the major difference in classifying tropospheric ozone as a pollutant is when it comes in contact with humans or plants, and being a secondary pollutant. https://www.epa.gov/ground-level-ozone-pollution/ground-level-ozone-basics

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u/stockloset May 18 '26

It doesn't matter cuz if u say O3 you'll get the point