Air and climate test rev #1

What is ozone?

• Ozone is a gas molecule composed of three oxygen atoms.
• Ozone is a gas molecule composed of two oxygen atoms.
• A type of UV Radiation

• A form of carbon dioxide

What were CFCs used for?

• Used for cooking purposes
• Applied in medical treatments
• Utilized in construction materials
• Refrigerants, solvents, and propellants in aerosol sprays

What are CFCs?

• Carbonated Fruit Cocktails
• Caffeinated Fizzy Colas
• Chlorofluorocarbons
• Calcium-Fortified Cereals

In what Year did Rowland and Molina win the nobel prize for discovering and calculating the damage that CFCs do to Ozone?

• 1995
• 2010
• 2000
• 1990

Under which international agreement did 38 nations agree to reduce greenhouse gas emissions below thier 1990 levels by the year 2012?

• Paris Agreement
• Montreal Protocol
• Copenhagen Accord
• Kyoto Protocol

What is the intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC)?

• The IPCC is a political organization focused on climate change.
• The IPCC is a non-profit organization advocating for climate change denial.
• The IPCC is a weather forecasting agency.
• The IPCC is a scientific body of over 2000 scientists under the United Nations that provides assessments of climate change.

Which gasses make up the atmosphere and in what percentages?

• Nitrogen (78%) and Oxygen (21%)
• Helium (0.01%) and Neon (0.0018%)
• Carbon dioxide (1%) and Argon (0.93%)
• Hydrogen (0.00005%) and Methane (0.0002%)

What is weather?

• Weather is the process of photosynthesis in plants.
• Weather is the study of rocks and minerals.
• Weather is the state of the ocean at a specific time and place.
• Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place.

Reorder the following layers of the atmosphere from the GROUND up.

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• exsosphere

Global warming is now called climate change. The hottest 10 years on record were the

• mostly in the 1800's except for last year, which was the hottest

• last 10 years - though not in order

• In the 1970's and now we are cooling

• none of these are correct