The Ozone Layer
These chemicals are responsible for ozone destruction
What are Chlorofluorocarbons?
This disease is caused due to a deficiency in Vitamin A
What is night blindness?
This breakthrough came in 1996 in treating the AIDS virus.
What are protease inhibitors?
Coal is primarily made of this element
What is carbon?
This condition is caused by the inability of the body to digest lactose.
What is lactose intolerance?
This international treaty banned ozone depleting chemicals in 1987
What is the Montreal Protocol?
This disease is caused due to a vitamin C deficiency
What is scurvy?
Chemicals that cause cancer are called ____________
What are carcinogens?
Natural gas is primarily composed of this compound
What is methane?
These molecules are the building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
This layer of the atmosphere has the ozone layer
What is the stratosphere?
A deficiency in iodine causes this condition.
What are thyroid goiters?
This is one way to treat cancer using chemicals
What is chemotherapy?
Petroleum is a mixture of these compounds.
What are hydrocarbons?
Humans are not able to digest this polysaccharide found in grass and wood.
What is cellulose?
The ozone layer protects our planet from __________
What is UV radiation?
A deficiency in Vitamin D causes this condition
What is rickets?
Exposure to this type of radiation increasing cancer risk
What is ionizing radiation?
This fossil fuel is considered to be cause the worst damage to the environment
What is coal?
In the human body ethanol is metabolized by the liver to ____________
What is acetaldehyde?
This part of our planet has the largest ozone hole.
What is Antarctica (South Pole)?
A deficiency in niacin causes this condition.
What is pellagra?
Antidepressants such as Prozac fall into this category
What are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)?
This compound, added to gasoline to improve the octane rating, was banned in 1974.
What is tetraethyl lead?
This type of radiation has the highest penetrating ability.
What are gamma rays?