Atmospheric Chemistry
Has an altitude of 50 km and the point where temperatures start to increase.
Carbon dioxide reacts with this type of radiation causing it to vibrate, it then releases the vibrational energy in the form of heat.
What is infrared?
The acronym CFC refer to this set of compounds.
What are carbonfluorocarbons?
Carbon dioxide and water react to form this weak acid.
What is carbonic acid?
What is carbon dioxide?
The rate of temperature decrease in the troposphere.
What is 6.5 K/km?
The "natural" greenhouse effect, is primarily caused by this greenhouse gas.
What is water vapor?
In 1987 this protocol was signed to reduce the production and use of CFCs.
What is the Montreal Protocol?
Minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and aluminum are leached from the soil by this.
What is acid rain?
What is acidic?
The process of decomposition by interaction with radiation.
The greenhouse effect that is caused by people is known as the __________ greenhouse effect.
What is anthropogenic?
This type of radiation interacts with CFCs in the atmosphere to produce the Cl free radical.
What is UV or ultraviolet?
What is 5?
The free H+ from the disassociation of carbonic acid binds with this ion, which is another cause of "osteoporosis of the ocean".
What is carbonate (CO3^2-)?
The 2 most important free radicals in the stratosphere.
What are ozone and OH?
The percentage of light that is reflected back in the atmosphere is known as this.
What is albedo?
The reaction of the free radical of chlorine with this compound in the stratosphere is a large reason for concern in climate change.
What is ozone?
When shells are dissolved because of the pH levels of the ocean waters, this process is commonly referred to __________________.
What is "osteoporosis of the ocean"?
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is said to be at _________________ with carbon dioxide in the ocean waters.
What is equilibrium?
Warm air temperatures, a stable air mass, lots of sunlight, and the presence of hydrocarbons and NOx are the 4 things needed to produce....
What is photochemical smog?
The 6 greenhouse gases that were discussed are:
What are carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, nitrous oxide, CFCs, and water vapor?
This greenhouse gas also played a role in the depletion of the ozone layer, even though it was not part of the Montreal Protocol.
What is nitrous oxide?
Free radicals in the atmosphere can cause pH to ____________.
What is decrease?
pH is a logarithmic scale of the concentration of this ion.
What is hydrogen (H+) or hydronium ion (H30+)?