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By Paul and Jack
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What is the Ozone?
What Caused the Ozone Hole to Form?
How does the Ozone Hole Affect Us?
Does the Ozone Hole Affect Plants?
Does Pollution Affect the Ozone Hole?
Do Bugs Affect the Ozone Hole?
Does the Ozone Hole Shift Positions?
How Large is the Ozone Hole?
Can You See The Ozone Hole?
Is the Ozone Hole Permanent?
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Do Bugs Affect the Ozone Hole?
To some extent, bugs,
such as termites, make
the ozone hole larger.
Bugs, like termites,
consume wood. As the
wood is digested, it
produces a waste gas called
methane. When the
methane is released it
increasingly depletes the
ozone layer.
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Does the Ozone Hole Shift Positions?
It has been proven that
the ozone hole does
move, but not by much.
Generally, the hole in the
ozone stays over
Antarctica. It stays over
the south pole because it
is where very little UV
(ultraviolet) light is thrown
there, so the ozone over
Antarctica is weakest.
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What is the Ozone?
The ozone is the layer of
natural gasses in the
stratosphere that shields
the Earth from harmful
UV (ultraviolet) light.
Imagine the Earth is going
to the beach. UV light is
what gives it a sunburn.
It doesn’t want to get
burned, so it puts on the
ozone layer, like sunscreen
for the Earth.
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Is the Ozone Hole Permanent?
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Technically, the ozone hole is not
permanent, but at the rate we
are polluting it, it may be
impossible to fix. The ozone layer
is constantly trying to replenish
itself. Every year, as countries are
becoming more industrial, we are
throwing more and more
pollution into the air, making
the ozone’s healing process
useless.
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How does the Ozone Hole Affect Us?
As said in the first slide,
the ozone shields the
Earth from UV light. UV
light is what gives humans
sunburn. When there is
very little protective
ozone, a lot of UV light
get’s through, speeding up
the process of burning. This
can also cause cancers of the
skin.
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How Large is the Ozone Hole?
As is, the ozone hole is
big enough to affect
humans substantially. But,
as we increasingly pollute
the ozone, it increases in
size. The ozone constantly
tries to heal itself, so it’s
like a tug-of-war with
man vs. nature. The ozone
hole has peaked in size on Sep. 13,
2007. It had an area of 9.7
million sq. miles, roughly the
size of North America.
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Does Pollution Affect the Ozone Hole?
Pollution does affect
ozone hole. It can happen
in one of two ways.
Pollution reduces the
oxygen from which ozone
is created. Another way is
that some soot could
make it into the ozone
layer, thus directly
consuming ozone gasses
such as CO₂.
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Can You See The Ozone Layer?
No, no matter how hard
you look, even with a
telescope, you will never
see the ozone layer. This
is due to the fact that the
ozone is made of gasses
that are invisible to the
naked eye.
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What Caused the Ozone Hole to Form?
The ozone hole formed
when humans and their
industrial tools cause
pollution. The more
developed our race is
becoming, the more we try
to accomplish through
machinery. More machinery
means more pollution. More
pollution means less ozone,
thus causing the ozone hole.
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Does the Ozone Hole Affect Plants?
Just like humans,
depleted ozone is bad
news for plants. The
process they depend on
for food, photosynthesis,
is slowed down
dramatically. If the process
is slow, they cannot create
adequate food. Without
enough food, the plants will
die.
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Conclusion
Now that you know the importance of our ozone layer, we hope
you will do all you can to preserve this God-given gift that allows us
to live life to our fullest ability. So think about this gift of mother
nature every time you drive past a factory or are about to throw a
plastic bottle in a fire, you may be shortening your life.
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