The Atmosphere - Statistics

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The average score is 26 of 70

Answer Stats

Hint	Answer	% Correct
Atmospheric oxygen %	21	67%
Atmospheric nitrogen %	78	67%
Negative - photosynthesis decreases	CO2	67%
Positive - soil decomposition releases	CO2	67%
Arriving solar radiation	UV	67%
Cryosphere effects of CC	Albedo	50%
Negative - low level clouds increase	Albedo	50%
Positive - melting decreases	Albedo	50%
Release of CFCs (2 words)	aerosol propellants	33%
What might ice cores contain?	Air bubbles	33%
Managing climate change	Alternative fuel sources	33%
CH4 production	Anaerobic respiration	33%
Cold temperatures form polar stratospheric clouds which provide a surface for chemical reactions with chlorine.... where?	Antarctica	33%
Managing climate change	Carbon Capture Storage	33%
Managing climate change	Carbon sequestration	33%
What CFCs dissociate ozone into	Chlorine and oxygen	33%
ClO	Chlorine monoxide	33%
CFCs	Chloroflurocarbons	33%
Release of CFCs (2 words)	cleaning solvents	33%
Environmental effects of CC	Climate	33%
Two step chlorine and oxygen equation PT1	Cl + O3 -> ClO + O2	33%
Two step chlorine and oxygen equation PT2	ClO + O3 -> Cl + 2O2	33%
Positive - forest and peat fires release	CO2 and CH4	33%
Adapting to climate change	Coastal management	33%
CO2 production	Combustion	33%
Proxy data (2 words)	Coral skeletons	33%
Environmental effects of CC	Cryosphere	33%
Proxy data	Dendrochronology	33%
UV dissociates triatomic oxygen into diatomic and monatomic oxygen	Destruction of ozone	33%
NOx production	Fertilisers	33%
Adapting to climate change	Flood management	33%
UV dissociates diatomic oxygen, each monatomic oxygen reacts with a diatomic oxygen to create ozone	Formation of ozone	33%
How chlorine destroys ozone (5 words)	Free radicals react with oxygen	33%
Release of CFCs (2)	fridges, air con	33%
NOx production	High temperature combustion	33%
Environmental effects of CC	Humans and animals	33%
Polar Stratospheric cloud composition (6 words)	Ice crystals and NOx or SOx	33%
Positive feedback loop definition	Increases original stimulus	33%
Why is carbon footprint higher in the northern hemisphere?	Industry	33%
CH4 production	Landfill	33%
CH4 production	Livestock intestines	33%
Emitted solar radiation	Long length infrared	33%
Adapting to climate change	Managed retreat	33%
Ocean effects of CC	Melting	33%
Positive - melting releases (2 words)	Methane hydrate	33%
Protocol reducing CFC usage + year	Montreal Protocol 1987	33%
Cryosphere effects of CC	Movement	33%
Arriving solar radiation	Near infrared	33%
Positive - soil decomposition releases	NOx	33%
Environmental effects of CC	Oceans	33%
Positive - cirrus clouds decrease (4 words)	Outgoing long length infrared	33%
Positive - melting releases (2 words)	Permafrost methane	33%
Release of tropospheric ozone	photochemical breakdown of NOx	33%
CO2 production	Ploughing	33%
Proxy data	Pollen	33%
What might ice cores contain?	Pollen	33%
Why is carbon footprint higher in the northern hemisphere?	Pollution	33%
What might ice cores contain?	radio-isotopes	33%
Negative feedback loop definition	Reduces original stimulus	33%
large scale waves due to reduces temperatures between polar and ferrel cells that affect the climate	Rossby waves	33%
Hypothesis suggesting CFCs deplete Ozone + year	Rowland Molina 1974	33%
Cryosphere effects of CC	Snow	33%
The process of visible light converting into longlength infrared which warms the troposphere	The Greenhouse Effect	33%
Ocean effects of CC (2 words)	Thermal expansion	33%
Ocean effects of CC (2 words)	Thermohaline circulation	33%
Why is carbon footprint higher in the northern hemisphere?	Trade winds	33%
Adapting to climate change	Urban drainage	33%
How CFCs destroy ozone (5 words)	UV releases chlorine free radicals	33%
Arriving solar radiation	Visible	33%
Positive - evaporation increases	Water vapour	33%

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