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The Destruction Of The Ozone Layer
Part one of term paper
The February 17, 1992 edition of time magazine's cover story started like
this: "The world now knows that danger is shining through the sky. The
evidence is overwhelming that the earth's stratospheric ozone layer-our
shield against the sun's hazardous ultraviolet rays-is being eaten away by
man made chemicals far faster than any scientist ha ...
Part two of term paper ... When ultraviolet light from the
sun hits the earth's atmosphere, it hits and divides the oxygen molecule
(O2). Each molecule then attaches with other oxygen molecules to form O3.
O3 is ozone. So when ozone is formed, harmful rays from the sun are
absorbed. The O3 molecule is very reactive and it bonds easily with other
molecules it the atmosphere. When and oxygen atom from the ozone reacts
with a chloride ion from chlorine monoxide, the ozone molecule is destroyed.
So chlorine monoxide is an ozone ...
Word count: 765 | Approximate pages: 3
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