Name the light that comes from the sun and is dangerous to living things but absorbed by the ozone layer
Ultravoilet light
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What could happen if we didn't have an atmosphere that could absorb this radiation?
It woul expose the earth to damaging rays and radiation
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Describe how oxygen came to be present in our atmosphere
Primitive organisms evolved and produced oxygen when they photosynthesised
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Give two words that describe the properties of CFC's that means they will not easily decompose
Chemicaly inert, insolulable in water
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Give two words that describe the properties of CFC's that means they will not get washed out in rain water
Insolulable in water, easily liquified by water
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About how high above the earth is the stratoshpere? (In KM)
Between 17-50 KM
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What chemical in the stratosphere is destroyed because it begins to react with CFC's?
Ultravoilet light
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What can happen to the covalent bond between th carbo atom and the chlorine atom if the CFC molecule is exposed to ultravoilet light in the stratosphere?
The molecule can split
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What two types of particle are formed if the bond splits unevenly?
Positive and negative ions
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What particles are formed if the bond splits evenly?
Free radicals with an unpaired electron
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Explain why only a small number of chlorine radicals can set up lots of chain reactions
Because they combie to create new radicals
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What is the effect caused by the formation of chlorine atoms in the stratosphere?
The depletion of the ozone layer
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For a chain reaction to end, what are the two types of particle that must bump into eachother?
Two free radicals
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When the discovery of the damaging effects CFC's caused to the ozone layer, how did the attitude of scienctists change?
They thought that CFC's should be banned, and an alternative be found.
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Why will the damage to the ozone layer be repaired very slowly?
Because the CFC'S remain in the atmosphere for a long time
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What could happen if we didn't have an atmosphere that could absorb this radiation?
Back
It woul expose the earth to damaging rays and radiation
Card 3
Front
Describe how oxygen came to be present in our atmosphere
Back
Card 4
Front
Give two words that describe the properties of CFC's that means they will not easily decompose
Back
Card 5
Front
Give two words that describe the properties of CFC's that means they will not get washed out in rain water
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