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Bromine, nitric oxide can also act as catalysts in place of chlorine

Water vapor is highest percent composition in the atmosphere
1985- hole in Antarctic ozone layer
1995- CFCs banned

How many miles above earths surface is the ozone layer?
12-25 miles

Which atom destroys the ozone most?
Chlorine

Which atom destroys the ozone least?
Hydrogen

The ozone layer was formed about..:
1 billion years ago

CFCs were developed in the early..
1930s

What does Y represent in the chemical reaction? O3+ Y -> O2+O
UVB

Which of the following is not a halogen atom?
Hydrogen

CFCs were used in..?
Foams

Which of the following is not a green house gas?
Oxygen

When was the hole in Antarctic ozone layer first observed?
1980s (1985)

CFCs were used in which of the following?
Propellants, foams and refrigeration (all of the above)

Which of the following ultraviolet light mostly destroys the ozone?
UVB

Which of these greenhouse gasses has the highest percentage composition
in the atmosphere?
Water vapor

60% of the CFC-12 will disappear from the atmosphere in about?
116 years

60% of the CFC-11 will disappear from the atmosphere in about?
55 years


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UVB -> destruction
Production of ozone-> uvc
Am radio highest wavelength lowest freq, FM radio, microwaves, infrared,
visible, ultraviolet, gamma rays (lowest wavelength)(highest freq)
Higher freq means higher energy
Range of length of visible light
480 nm-680 nm
speed of light 3 x 10^8
increasing wavelength
xrays, UV, visible, infrared
Malignant melanoma worst type of skin cancer

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10% radon
half life of radon is 3.8 days
legionaires disease philidelphia