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Where is the stratosphere? - ✔✔10 to 30 miles Where is ozone located? - ✔✔stratosphere What does an ozone molecule consist of? - ✔✔3 oxygen atoms The ozone layer protects us from... - �... ��✔ultraviolet radiation The ozone layer helps to maintain... - ✔✔stable earth temperatures Depletion of ozone causes... - ✔✔crop loss, eye disease, skin cancer, reduced marine life, deforestation, increased ground level ozone. What type of refrigerants, when released into the atmosphere, cause ozone depletion? - ✔✔cfcs and hcfcs What in refrigerants causes ozone depletion? - ✔✔chlorine What compound is formed when chlorine meets ozone? - ✔✔chlorine monoxide How many ozone molecules can be destroyed by one chlorine atom? - ✔✔100,000 The rise in the amount of chlorine measured in the stratosphere over the past twenty years matches the rise in... - ✔✔flourine The chlorine in CFCs will break down in water(true/false). - ✔✔false The chlorine in CFCs will break down into compounds that will dissolve in water(true/false). - ✔✔false What does ODP stand for? - ✔✔ozone depletion potential HFCs have a higher ODP than CFCs (true/false). - ✔✔false Which refrigerant type has no ODP? - ✔✔HFCs What chemicals make up CFCs? - ✔✔chlorine flourine carbon What chemicals make up HCFCs? [Show More]

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