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    The document discusses how human activities can affect the environment and the ozone layer. It explains how CFCs released from products like refrigerants can damage the ozone layer by releasing chlorine atoms to react with ozone. International agreements have led to bans on CFCs to help reduce ozone depletion.

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    The document discusses how human activities can affect the environment and the ozone layer. It explains how CFCs released from products like refrigerants can damage the ozone layer by releasing chlorine atoms to react with ozone. International agreements have led to bans on CFCs to help reduce ozone depletion.

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    Biology

    Chapter - 15
    Our Environment
    DO YOU KNOW ?

    How do our activities affect the


    environment ?
    Ozone layer and it's depletion
    ▪ OZONE (O3) -MOLECULE FORMED BY THREE ATOMS OF OXYGEN (O2)

    ▪ O2 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AEROBIC FORMS OF LIFE

    ▪ OZONE IS A DEADLY POISON

    ▪ OZONE IS PRESENTED AT THE HIGHER LEVEL OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND IT


    PERFORMS AN ESSENTIAL FUNCTION

    ▪ IT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE WITH OUR ENVIRONMENT

    🌎 INORDER PROTECT OUR EARTH FROM ULTRAVIOLET


    🌤
    ▪ IT IS A SHIELD OF EARTH
    RAY FROM SUN
    effects of ultraviolet radiation (UV) rays

    🌝This radiation is highly effective


    and dangerous to the organism

    🌝Immune system suppression.


    🌝Cataracts and other eye damage.
    Formation of OZONE
    ▪ OZONE BY ACTING ON OXYGEN AT HIGH LEVEL OF ATMOSPHERE IS A PRODUCT OF UV
    RADIATION

    ▪ AT THE HIGHER LEVEL OF THE ATMOSPHERE ,THE HIGHER ENERGY UV RADIATION SPLIT
    SOME (O2) INTO FREE OXYGEN (O)ATOMS.

    ▪ THEY COMBINE WITH (O2) TO FORM OZONE( O3)


    did you know ?

    Too much UV radiation from the sun


    or sunbeds can damage the DNA in
    our skin cells.
    the amount of ozone in the
    atmosphere began to drop sharply in
    1980's
    It was due to chemicals like
    chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
    CFCs are used as refrigerants and
    fire extinguisher
    🤔HOW DO CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS AFFECT THE OZONE ?
    They deplete the ozone layer by rising
    into the stratosphere and releasing
    chlorine atoms which react with ozone.
    In 1987 The United Environment
    Programme ( UNEP )
    placed and succeeded in an agreement
    to freeze production of CFC at 1986 level
    IT IS MANDATORY FOR ALL THE
    MANUFACTURING COMPANIES TO MAKE
    CFC - FREE REFRIGERATORS
    THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
    Other ozone depleting substance
    hydofluorocarbons ( HCF)and
    halons
    recently the ozone hole has
    reduced
    THANK YOU ✨
    make a ozone free world 🌎
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