1. a. list three specific examples of why a reduction of stratospheric ozone is

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1. a. list three specific examples of why a reduction of stratospheric ozone is a danger to our planet? (show your works)

    b. what wavelength range (and in what region of the electromagnetic spectrum) does the damage listed in part a? (show your works)

2. explain how chlorine atoms deplete the stratospheric ozone layer (show your works)

3. an important characteristic of all catalysts in the fact that they do not undergo any net change during the reactions they catalyze. approximately how many ozone molecules will a single chlorine atom breakdowb during just one of its half-life (two years)? (show your works)

4. list two-step mechanism for depletion of Earth's ozone layer by chlorine atoms (show your works)

Explanation / Answer

depletion in ozone may cause:

Skin damage

Eye Damage

Damage of Immune system, chest pain, breathing problem etc.

and its wavelent lies in harmful UV radiation range ~ 280-315 nm

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