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Card 6

Front

About how high above the earth is the stratoshpere? (In KM)

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Card 7

Front

What chemical in the stratosphere is destroyed because it begins to react with CFC's?

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Card 8

Front

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?

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Card 9

Front

What two types of particle are formed if the bond splits unevenly?

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Card 10

Front

What particles are formed if the bond splits evenly?

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Card 11

Front

Explain why only a small number of chlorine radicals can set up lots of chain reactions

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Card 12

Front

What is the effect caused by the formation of chlorine atoms in the stratosphere?

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Card 13

Front

For a chain reaction to end, what are the two types of particle that must bump into eachother?

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Card 14

Front

When the discovery of the damaging effects CFC's caused to the ozone layer, how did the attitude of scienctists change?

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Card 15

Front

Why will the damage to the ozone layer be repaired very slowly?

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