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Vocabulary Week 3-Global Warming and Ozone Depletion

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Scientists first realized ___________________ were wearing down the thin ozone layer above Antarctica in the 1970s.

a)

methane gases

b)

chlorofluorocarbons

c)

hydrofluorocarbons

d)

hydrocarbons

2.

A colorless gas that is a screen for ultraviolet radiation. Also known by the chemical formula O3.

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

oxygen

c)

methane

d)

ozone

3.

The EPA in 2015 barred the use of ____ in four major economic sectors: ________, air conditioning for new cars, retail food refrigeration and foam blowing.

a)

HFC's; aerosols

b)

CFC's; aerosols

c)

HCFC's; ceramic heaters

d)

HFC's; power plants

4.

Sunburn is a burn from the _________ of UV light, resulting in reddish skin.

a)

depletion

b)

smog

c)

ultraviolet

d)

radiation

5.

The act of spreading outward from a central source.

a)

radiation

b)

aerosol

c)

ozone

d)

smog

6.

Air pollution that is a mixture of smoke and fog.

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

smog

c)

haze

d)

ozone

7.

A cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas usually contained in a spray can.

a)

CFC's

b)

radiation

c)

ozone

d)

aerosol

8.

The seasonal _________ of the Antarctic ozone, a highly reactive molecule of oxygen called O3, was first reported in the journal Nature in 1985.

a)

radiation

b)

depletion

c)

change

d)

growth

9.

The act of decreasing something markedly.

a)

depletion

b)

addition

c)

growth

d)

radiation

10.

The ozone layer protects us from ___________ light rays from the Sun.

a)

smog

b)

radiation

c)

ultraviolet

d)

aerosol

11.

Scientists say global warming is partly caused by the hole in the __________ layer above Antarctica, compounded with rising greenhouse gas levels.

a)

mantle

b)

ionosphere

c)

troposphere

d)

ozone

12.

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.

a)

hydrofluorocarbons

b)

chlorofluorocarbons

c)

hydrochlorofluorocarbons

d)

radiation