Climate Change Week 1

Ozone in the stratosphere absorbs

• UV-C

• CO2

• Gamma Radiation

• Infrared Radiation

Ozone in the _______ is a respiratory irritant and is a precursor to photochemical smog

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

These are a primary anthropogenic cause of O3 breakdown

• HCFC

• CFC

• CH4

• NO3

Chlorine breaks O3 down into

• CO2

• O2

• O

• ClO2

Thermal expansion is causing sea level rise because

• Increased greenhouse gases lead to a warmer climate and more melting of ice sheets

• More water is flowing into the ocean and causes sea level rise

• Water molecules move apart when they're heated leading to sea level rise

• More rain is falling globally leading to sea level rise

Thin sea ice leads to thinner and thinner sea ice due to

• The low albedo of thin sea ice causing warming in the air and water

• The high albedo of thin sea ice causing warming in the air and water

• The thin ice being more reflective

• The retreating sea-ice leaves behind a more reflective surface leading to thinner ice

Greenhouse gases absorb

• Infrared radiation

• UV radiation

• Gamma Radiation

• Microwave Radiation

All of the following are greenhouse gases except

• CO2

• Methane

• Nitrous Oxide

• CO

This gas is a GHG but doesn't drive atmospheric temperatures

• Water vapor

• HCFCs

• Nitrous Oxide

• Methane

A rise of CO2 storage in the deep ocean is

• Increasing ocean pH

• Lowering ocean pH

• Large releases of CO2

• It is deadly to nearby animal life