Air Pollution, Climate Change and Ozone Depletion

How much UV radiation does the ozone layer normally filter out?

• 99%

• 10%

• 50%

• 0%

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The amount of ozone protecting us is decreasing.

• True

• False

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

In 1987, how many US citizens did the EPA estimate will get skin cancer during the next 88 years?

• 40 million

• 10 million

• 5 million

• 0 milliion

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What happens to form ozone gas?

• Oxygen molecules interact with the UV rays from the Sun.

• Chlorine molecules interact with the UV rays from the Sun.

• Oxygen and chlorine molecules produce a gas.

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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.

What is not a place where ozone holes exist?

• Antartica

• nothern half of the US into Canada

• nothern Europe

• all answers

One way to stop the destruction of ozone is vy reducing human created pollutants.

• true

• false

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

• Chloroflurocarbons

• particular matter

• Nitrogen dioxide

• carbon monoxide

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

• true

• false