Ozone Global Warming Wikispaces臭氧amp全球变暖Wikispaces.pptVIP

Developed vs. Developing * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Ozone Global Warming What’s the difference??? What is Ozone? Ozone - A variety of Oxygen that has 3 oxygen atoms and is an odorless and colorless gas. 1. O2 + O -- O3 Why is Ozone Important? It forms an essential layer of concentrated ozone that protects the earth from: Ultraviolet (UV) rays radiating from the sun. *** Without the Ozone Shield, UV light would damage the DNA of plants and animals!!!*** ? Ozone is a powerful disinfectant - kills microbes Ozone( O3) Layer Ozone Layer- Is an area on the stratosphere where ozone is highly concentrated. Over 90% of the ozone resides here. This is known as GOOD ozone, versus BAD Ozone. Bad Ozone - Ground Level Ozone - considered a pollutant Ozone: The Good, The Bad, and Useful Good - Stratospheric Ozone (20 miles above us) is helping to protect our eyes and skin from UV radiation. Bad - Ground level ozone is harmful to our health. Useful - Ozone generators are used in businesses - kills mold and odors Useful - Used by the city’s water treatment plant to kill bacteria and microbes in the water that we drink. Chemicals that Destroy Ozone CFC’s (chlorofluorocarbons) Used as coolants in refrigerators, air conditioners aerosol spray cans. CFC’s will travel up into stratosphere to ozone layer. Chlorine will bond with an oxygen atom and take it away from an ozone molecule. All that’s left is 2 oxygens (just oxygen gas) The Break Down (Depletion) of Ozone Chlorine breaks apart the ozone, and continues the cycle over and over again. UV --CCl4--Cl (UV rays break down the CFC and releases Chlorine) Cl +O3 -- ClO + O2 (Chlorine and Ozone Combine to release Chlorine Monoxide and Oxygen) ClO + O3 -- 2O2+ Cl (Chlorine Monoxide Reacts with Ozone and the process continues) More on CFC’s 1 CFC molecule can destroy 100,000 ozone molecules! Ozone Hole - Thinning of Stratospheric Ozone over the poles in the SPRING. How does it form… 1. During the d