Ozone
Chemical that was used for cooling refrigerators and air conditioners but significally contributed to ozone depletion
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
A commitment by 24 nations to reduce CFC production
Montreal Protocol
A process in which an increase in ocean CO2 causes more CO2 to be converted to carbonic acid, which lowers the pH of the water
Ocean Acidification
This term describes a species introduced to a new ecosystem where it often spreads rapidly
invasive species
Greenhouse gas that doesn't contribute significantly to climate change
water vapor
An estimate of how much a compound can contribute to global warming over a period of 100 years relative to one molecule of CO2
Greenhouse warming potential
Good ozone is found in the...
Stratosphere
This acid forms when CO₂ dissolves in ocean water
carbonic acid
Daily Double
Give one reason why invasive species can outcompete native species in ecosystems
Carbon dioxide is used as a reference point for this because it's level is one.
What is a global warming potential
This chemical interacts with ozone formation and prevents it from continuously happening
Chlorine
Bad ozone is found in the ____ because of this process of ____
troposphere and photochemical smog
A side effect of ocean acidification that results in the death of coral
coral bleaching
This U.S. law protects threatened and endangered species and their habitats
Endangered Species Act
A type of global change that is focused on changes in the average weather that occurs in an area over a period of years or decades
Climate Change
Chemicals that originally replaced CFCs but are now being phased out
HFCs or HCFCs
There are 3 types of UV rays. Out of the 3, these two are mostly absorbed and the most dangerous
UV-C and UV-B
What biochemical cycle is affected by ocean acidification
Term to describe why species can't migrate due to disconnected or destroyed habitats
Habitat fragmentation
Absorption of infrared radiation by atmospheric gases and re-radiation of the energy back toward Earth.
Greenhouse Effect
The process where oxygen molecules interact with solar radiation and split into free-floating molecules, then combining with other O2 molecules to make O3
Formation of ozone
What type of cloud needs -100 degrees F and contributes to ozone depletion?
polar stratospheric clouds (PSC)
used to create the shells and skeleton structures of most marine creatures; less is in the water as a result of rising pH.
calcium carbonate
international agreement regulates trade in endangered species
CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)
The symbiotic algae that lives in corals and gives them their food, energy, and color.
What is zooxanthellae?