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Climate Quiz Part 2: Ozone

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

•The ozone layer is the layer of the atmosphere at an altitude of _____________ in which ozone absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation.

a)

5 to 10 km

b)

55 to 30 km

c)

10 to 20 km

d)

15 to 40 km

2.

Ozone is a molecule made of two oxygen atoms.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

_______________ is harmful to organisms because it can damage the genetic material in living cells.

a)

UV light

b)

White light

c)

Red light

d)

Blue light

4.

_____________________ are hydrocarbons in which some or all of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by chlorine and fluorine.

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Chlorine

c)

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

d)

None of the above

5.

The following items contain Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) which are harmful to the Ozone Layer.

a)

Refrigerator coolants

b)

Cleaning solvents

c)

Hair spray propellants.

d)

All of the above

6.

In what year was it discovered that the Ozone layer had thinned by 50 - 98 percent above the south pole?

a)

1985

b)

1900

c)

2022

d)

2000

7.

•UV light is dangerous to living things because it damages DNA, the genetic material that contains the information that determines inherited characteristics.

a)

True

b)

False