Quiz - AP Ozone Depletion

The effects of ozone depletion on humans includes all of the following, except

• more cataracts

• suppression of immune systems

• more brain cancers

• worse sunburns

• more skin cancers

Where is the largest result of ozone depletion found?

The drop in stratospheric ozone levels in the Southern Hemisphere (the "ozone hole") is most evident during which season?

• Antarctic spring (October)

• Antarctic autumn (April)

• Antarctic summer only (January)

• Antarctic winter only (July)

• Both Antarctic summer and Antarctic winter (January and July)

Based on the graph, the reduction in CFCs is in direct correlation to the ratifying of the

• Kyoto Protocol

• Montreal Protocol

• Copenhagen Accord

• Paris Agreement

• Clean Air Act

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All the following are examples of reducing carbon dioxide levels in the troposphere through carbon sequestration, except

• planting more trees

• bringing more cropland into production

• pumping it deep underground

• growing more switchgrass

• injecting it into the deep ocean

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Chemicals capable of destroying ozone include all of the following, except

• chlorofluorocarbons

• formaldehyde used as a preservative

• halons in fire extinguishers and crop fumigants

• carbon tetrachloride used as a solvent

• methyl bromide used as a fumigant

In 1987, 36 nations meeting in Montreal, Canada, developed the Montreal Protocol to reduce production of

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Which of the following gases does not deplete the ozone layer?

• Chlorofluorocarbons

• Methyl bromide

• Halogens

• Hydrofluorocarbons

• Hydrochlorofluorocarbons

What is the purpose of the stratospheric ozone?

Which of the following is true about the Antarctic ozone "hole"?

• It is about the same area all year and it rotates clockwise around the South Pole

• It is about the same area all year and it rotates counterclockwise around the South Pole

• It appears and disappears without warning and with no discernable pattern

• It is at its peak area during the Antarctic spring

• It is at its peak area during the Antarctic winter