6.4 Stratospheric ozoneIB Environmental Systems and Societies SL: Flashcards
What these 14 flashcards ask
- Which radiation has more energy, UV or visible light?
- What happens to frequency as wavelength gets shorter?
- What does stratospheric ozone do?
- Give two effects of UV on humans.
- How does UV affect phytoplankton?
- How does UV cause cancer?
- How is ozone formed in the stratosphere?
- Why has ozone concentration been constant over long periods?
- What is an ODS? Give an example.
- What did CFCs do to ozone?
- Which radiation increases at the surface when ozone is depleted?
- What is the Montreal Protocol?
- Why is the Montreal Protocol considered successful?
- Why is recovery of the ozone layer slow?
Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).