WorksheetsClimate Quiz Part 2: Ozone
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
•The ozone layer is the layer of the atmosphere at an altitude of _____________ in which ozone absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation.
5 to 10 km
55 to 30 km
10 to 20 km
15 to 40 km
Ozone is a molecule made of two oxygen atoms.
True
False
_______________ is harmful to organisms because it can damage the genetic material in living cells.
UV light
White light
Red light
Blue light
_____________________ are hydrocarbons in which some or all of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by chlorine and fluorine.
Carbon Dioxide
Chlorine
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
None of the above
The following items contain Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) which are harmful to the Ozone Layer.
Refrigerator coolants
Cleaning solvents
Hair spray propellants.
All of the above
In what year was it discovered that the Ozone layer had thinned by 50 - 98 percent above the south pole?
1985
1900
2022
2000
•UV light is dangerous to living things because it damages DNA, the genetic material that contains the information that determines inherited characteristics.
True
False
