Ozone Depletion and Australia Skin Cancer

What harmful health effects do scientist say that the UV radiation that passes through our "shield" will cause?

• increase in skin cancer

• immune deficiencies

• cataracts

• all of the answers

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What are "holes" in the ozone layer?

• places where the ozone concentrations are lower than under normal conditions, allowing more UV radiation to reach the Earth's surface.

• places where the ozone concentrations are higher than under normal conditions, allowing more UV radiation to reach the Earth's surface.

• places where the ozone concentrations are higher than under normal conditions, allowing lessUV radiation to reach the Earth's surface.

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Which of the following is the most common ozone destroying pollutants?

• Chloroflurocarbons

• particular matter

• Nitrogen dioxide

• carbon monoxide

The ozone destroying pollutants primarily comes from air conditioner coolants, refrigerator coolant, aerosol spray, and plastic foam.

• true

• false

Layer of gaseous ozone in the stratosphere that protects life on earth by filtering out most harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun

• Greenhouse Gases
• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Ozone Layer

Which agreement allowed for a reduction, and eventual elimination, of CFC production and use?

• Montreal Protoccol
• Kyoto Protoccol
• Paris Agreement
• Yo MaMa

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How do CFCs affect ozone production?

• UV radiation frees a chlorine atom, which breaks down ozone.
• Infrared radiation frees a chlorine atom, which breaks down ozone.
• UV radiation frees a fluorine atom, which breaks down ozone.
• Infrared radiation frees a chlorine atom, which breaks down ozone.

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Depletion of ozone layer is a concern because it normally absorbs ____% of the sun's UV radiation. 

• 50
• 75
• 89
• 99