Module 4 - Resources

Question 0

Troposphere

Answer 0

The lowest layer of the Earth’s atmosphere, extending from the Earth’s surface to about 7km above the poles, and 20 km above the tropics.

Question 1

The greenhouse effect

Answer 1

The process in which the absorption and subsequent emission of infrared radiation by atmospheric gases warms the lower atmosphere and the planet’s surface.

Question 2

Stratosphere

Answer 2

The second layer of the Earth’s atmosphere, containing the ‘ozone layer’, about 10 km to 50 km from the Earth’s surface.

Question 3

Adsorption

Answer 3

The process that occurs when a gas, liquid or solute is held to the surface of a solid or, more rarely a liquid.

Question 4

The Montreal protocols

Answer 4

To protect the ozone layer

Question 5

The Stockholm convention

Answer 5

Encouraging governments to eliminate or reduce the release of toxic Persistent Organic Pollutants (POCs).

Question 6

The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development

Answer 6

To ‘guide future sustainable development’.