Ozone
What is the Ozone layer?
A layer in Earth's atmosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's UV radiation
What year are scientists predicting the ozone layer will recover to the health it had in 1980?
2066
Where is the ozone layer hole?
Over Antarctica
What does the Ozone layer protect?
Life on Earth
What agreement did nations come to help save the ozone layer?
The Montreal protocol
When was the hole discovered?
In the 1980’s
What is the ozone layer made up of?
Gas made up of three oxygen atoms
How we can help
Reduce fossil fuel consumption, use eco friendly products and dispose appliances correctly.
What caused the ozone layer to form a hole?
Aerosol cans, air-conditioning units and refrigerators
What percentage of the ozone in the atmosphere sits in the stratosphere?
90%
How does this affect us?
Increases skin cancer, cataracts and respiratory tract
The ozone layer is approximately how high above Earth’s surface?
Approximately 6 through 30 miles above Earth’s surface