APES Unit 9 Vocab

Energy from the sun that damages DNA structure, increases mutation rate, and causes skin cancer.

thinning of Earth's ozone layer caused by CFC's leaking into the air and reacting chemically with the ozone, breaking the ozone molocules apart

Chlorinated Fluorocarbons are chemicals that break down the ozone layer

Chemicals containing hydrogen, fluorine, and carbons, produced as potential substitutes for CFCs

carbon dioxide, water vapour, methane, and CFCs and HCFCs

meeting in 1987 where a group of nations met in Canada and agreed to take steps to fight against Ozone Depletion-CFC's banned

Natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases

the greenhouse effect of different gases - the relative amount of heat a GHG will trapover a number of years in comparison to carbon dioxide

a method for managing pollution in which a limit is placed on emissions and businesses or countries can buy and sell emissions allowances

a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.

one result of global climate change, due to melting glaciers and ice caps

large masses of ice found on land, not in the sea

Crops failing; mountain glaciers disappearing, threatening water sources in some areas; sea level rising; extensive damage to coral reefs leads to extinction of species; rising intensity of storms and natural disasters

An increase in the size of a substance when the temperature is increased

controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries