AP Environmental Unit 9

The ozone layer is damaged by

• CFCs

• Increase in greenhouse gases

• Increased global temperatures

• Sulfuric and nitric acids

CFCs alter the natural formation of ozone by:

• breaking up ozone

• bonding with O3

• preventing UV radiation to strike ozone

international limits on CFC production toprotect the ozone layer

• Montreal Protocol

• New York Protocol

• Paris Protocol

• Tokyo Protocol

One possible positive consequence of an increase in CO₂ in the atmosphere?

• Plants may grow faster and produce more sugars

• Pests like pine beetles will die

• Forest fires will be extinguished by the lack of oxygen

• Corals will grow faster

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What is Arctic (or polar) amplification?

• the phenomenon that temperature near the poles is increasing at a higher rate than at lower latitudes

• the intensification of the polar jet stream due to melting ice caps

• the increased productivity of Arctic ecosystem due to increased upwelling

• the migration of the polar front due to stronger pressure contrasts

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Which of the following best describes the primary goal of the Paris Agreement?

• to create a fund to help countries deal with disaster relief

• to validate the science behind climate change for the global community

• to keep the global climate temperature increase to under 2 degrees Celsius

• to reduce deforestation worldwide

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Which law regulates and protects endangered species within the US?

• CITES

• Endangered Species Act

• Kyoto Protocol

• Montreal Protocol

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Which law regulates the trade in endangered species between countries?

• CITES

• Endangered Species Act

• Kyoto Protocol

• Montreal Protocol

Which of these attempts to reduce the rate of Global Warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions?

• CITES

• Endangered Species Act

• Kyoto Protocol

• Montreal Protocol

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Pick all of the following traits that make a species LESS likely to go extinct:

• Ability to move to a new habitat

• Inability to move to a new habitat

• Being a specialist

• Being a generalist

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