Section 1.1
The Stories of Two Chemicals
Practice Test
1.
What would you expect to result from a decrease in the amount of ozone in the stratosphere?
a.
decrease in the amount of oxygen in the troposphere
b.
decrease in the number of individual oxygen particles
c.
increase in the amount of oxygen in the troposphere
d.
increase in the number of individual oxygen particles
Hint
2.
Ozone is found in the _____________________.
a.
troposphere
b.
stratosphere
c.
mesosphere
d.
ionosphere
Hint
3.
A chlorofluorocarbon is a chemical that is made of _____________.
a.
chloron, fluoron, and carbon
b.
carbon and oxygen
c.
chlorine, fluorine, and carbon
d.
carbon and hydrogen
Hint
4.
The study of Earth’s atmospheric ozone and the effect of chlorofluorocarbons on ozone is an example of _____________.
a.
technology
b.
applied research
c.
basic research
d.
theoretical research
Hint
