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Question
The chemicals leading to the formation of ozone holes.
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Solution
Chloroflurocarbons/CFCs
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Ozone depletion is occurring widely in the stratosphere; it leads to an ozone hole caused mainly due to ______.
Which radiations are absorbed by ozone layer?
Explain how, harmful ultraviolet radiations of sunlight are prevented from reaching the earth's surface.
What are the causes of depletion of ozone layer?
What is ozone?
How does ozone layer protect us from harmful effects in the environment?
Which pollutant released into the air during refrigeration and airconditioning is the greatest contributor to the depletion of ozone layer?
(a) BHC
(b) DDT
(c) CFC
(d) UNEP
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(a) unburnt hydrocarbons
(b) chlorofluorocarbons
(c) greenhouse gases
(d) ultraviolet radiations
What is Ozone?
Select the correct answer from the following statement:
The gas which in presence of U.V. light gives two atoms of the same gas.
