Ozone Layers

The Ozone Layer

Multiple Choice

The role of the Ozone layer:

• Protect Earth from infrared radiation.

• Protect Earth from electromagnetic radiation.

• Protect Earth from UV radiation.

Multiple Choice

Depletion of the ozone layer is caused by:

• Methane

• Carbon Dioxide

• UV rays

• Chlorofluorocarbons

Multiple Choice

The hole in the ozone layer is located

• Over the Arctic

• Over Antarctica

Multiple Choice

UV rays can

• Damage the DNA of organisms

• Cause cancer

• Damage eggs

• All of the above

Open Ended

How can this success story be used to encourage action against climate change?

Ozone and Climate Change

• Global warming and ozone layer depletion are two different problems.

• Global warming is caused by the “greenhouse effect,” which is essential to life as we know it on planet Earth, but can be exacerbated by human activities that emit GHGs.

Multiple Select

Select ALL correct answers:

• Greenhouse gases: Global Warming

• Greenhouse gases: Hole in the Ozone Layer

• CFCs: Global Warming

• CFCs: Hole in the Ozone Layer