Chapter 13 Atmosphere and Climate Change

decomposed by chlorine atoms

• DNA damage

• surface ocean currents

• equatorial region

• ozone molecules

Vertical sunlight

• DNA damage

• surface ocean currents

• equatorial regions

• CO2

trade winds, westerlies, and polar easterlies

• surface ocean currents

• equatorial regions

• prevailing winds

• greenhouse gases

a greenhouse gas added to the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned

• CO2

• El Nino

• La Nino

• ozone molecule

winds push warm water eastward in the Pacific Ocean

• CO2

• El Nino

• La Nino

• ozone molecule

international limits on CFC production to protect the ozone layer

• Montreal Protocol

• El Nino

• La Nino

• ozone molecule

result of high UV radiation at Earth’s surface

• greenhouse gases

• DNA damage

• CO2

• La Nina

process by which the atmosphere reradiated infrared radiation back to Earth’s surface, keeping it warm

• ozone molecules

• prevailing winds

• El Nino

• greenhouse effect

water is cooler than usual in the eastern Pacific Ocean

• ozone molecules

• prevailing winds

• La Nina

• greenhouse effect

caused by wind and influenced by Earth’s rotation

• surface ocean currents

• equatorial regions

• prevailing winds

• greenhouse effect