WorksheetsVocabulary Week 3-Global Warming and Ozone Depletion
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 36mins
Scientists first realized ___________________ were wearing down the thin ozone layer above Antarctica in the 1970s.
methane gases
chlorofluorocarbons
hydrofluorocarbons
hydrocarbons
A colorless gas that is a screen for ultraviolet radiation. Also known by the chemical formula O3.
carbon dioxide
oxygen
methane
ozone
The EPA in 2015 barred the use of ____ in four major economic sectors: ________, air conditioning for new cars, retail food refrigeration and foam blowing.
HFC's; aerosols
CFC's; aerosols
HCFC's; ceramic heaters
HFC's; power plants
Sunburn is a burn from the _________ of UV light, resulting in reddish skin.
depletion
smog
ultraviolet
radiation
The act of spreading outward from a central source.
radiation
aerosol
ozone
smog
Air pollution that is a mixture of smoke and fog.
carbon dioxide
smog
haze
ozone
A cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas usually contained in a spray can.
CFC's
radiation
ozone
aerosol
The seasonal _________ of the Antarctic ozone, a highly reactive molecule of oxygen called O3, was first reported in the journal Nature in 1985.
radiation
depletion
change
growth
The act of decreasing something markedly.
depletion
addition
growth
radiation
The ozone layer protects us from ___________ light rays from the Sun.
smog
radiation
ultraviolet
aerosol
Scientists say global warming is partly caused by the hole in the __________ layer above Antarctica, compounded with rising greenhouse gas levels.
mantle
ionosphere
troposphere
ozone
The US is proposing that growth in __________________ use be “frozen” at 2021 levels and then scaled down so that it is largely eliminated by 2050.
hydrofluorocarbons
chlorofluorocarbons
hydrochlorofluorocarbons
radiation
