Question

1. What are CFCs and how do they affect the environment?
2. What alternative forms of energy do you know?
3. What is the Ozone Layer? What does it do? What is happening to it?
4. How are forests good for the environment? What is happening to them?
Pollution
Factories, power stations and motor vehicles pump large quantities of carbon dioxide and
other gases into the air. This is a major cause of the greenhouse effect. A lot of petrol
contains lead, which is very poisonous and can cause brain damage in children. Most cars

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1. What are CFCs and how do they affect the environment?

They are inert gases that do not react with animal or plant tissues and degrade by combining with stratospheric ozone, in cold and bright conditions. This chemical reaction also involves the destruction of ozone.

2. What alternative forms of energy do you know?

Hydroelectric power.

Biomass.

Biogas.

tidal energy

Geothermal energy.

Solar energy

Wind power

3. What is the Ozone Layer? What does it do? What is happening to it?

The ozone layer is a layer that surrounds the Earth, preventing the sun's rays and ultraviolet rays from reaching living beings. The area of ​​the earth's stratosphere that contains a relatively high concentration of ozone is called the ozone layer or ozonesphere.

According to CAMS, the 2021 ozone hole has grown considerably in the last two weeks and is now larger than 75% of the ozone holes at that stage of the season since 1979.

4. How are forests good for the environment? What is happening to them?

pollution

Factories, power stations and motor vehicles pump large quantities of carbon dioxide and

other gases into the air. This is a major cause of the greenhouse effect. A lot of oil

contains lead, which is very poisonous and can cause brain damage in children. Most cars