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प्रश्न
Very short answer type question
Where was the ozone hole discovered?
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उत्तर
The ozone hole was discovered over the Antarctic region, wherein a depletion of the ozone layer has resulted in the formation of a large area of the thinned ozone layer, commonly called the ozone hole.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What step has been taken by UNEP in 1987 to prevent too much damage to the ozone layer?
The depletion of ozone layer in the upper atmosphere is mainly due to the emission of :
(a) unburnt hydrocarbons
(b) chlorofluorocarbons
(c) greenhouse gases
(d) ultraviolet radiations
The gas A is used by most of the animals to obtain energy from food by the process of respiration. When A is acted upon by radiation X, it gets converted into another gas B which is an allotrope of A but poisonous when inhaled. B forms a kind of layer C in the upper atmosphere which absorbs radiations X coming from a source Y and prevent them from reaching the earth. Some chemicals Z released from the various devices on the earth are destroying the layer C slowly. In fact, a hole has already been formed in layer C over the area D of the earth.
(a) What are gases (i) A, and (ii) B? Write their molecular formulae.
(b) Name the layer C.
(c) What are (i) X, (ii) Y, and (iii) Z?
(d) Name the area D.
(e) Name any two human ailments which may be caused by X.
How are CFCs harmful?
What is Ozone?
Number of Oxygen atom in Ozone.
What is an ozone layer. State the distribution of the ozone layer in the stratosphere.
Give balanced equations for formation of ozone molecules from oxygen molecules. What type of reaction takes place, during the formation.
Global warming is a phenomenon related to ______.
Depletion of ozone is mainly due to
