2006-10-26 02:03:17 · 6 answers · asked by Leondra 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
A very interesting question and difficult one to answer...
It would depend on the type of pollution. Air based particles will obviously affect the thermosphere - the level of atmosphere that we live in. Some toxins, like chlorofluorocarbons (or CFC's) will affect the ozone, which resides in the stratosphere. Some ground base pollutants, like spills from power and manufacturing plants seep deep into the ground. It doesn't necessarily pollute the ground, but the water table IN the ground. Groundwater then travels to lakes, streams, even the oceans.
Its hard to say which is MOST affected... it really depends on the pollutant. I would have to wager that the aquosphere... the water content of the earth is mostly affected due to the fact that even pollutants in the air will eventually return to the water on the earth as condensation or precipitation.
Hope this helps!
2006-10-26 03:34:20 · answer #1 · answered by illusivemuse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm. Define "layer of the earth". Technically, the main layer that could be affected would be the crust. The ozone is not a layer of the earth, but an area that overlaps two different layers (troposphere and stratosphere) of the atmosphere.
From the surface of the planet, the layers going down into the planet are:
1] the crust; 2] the mantle (upper & lower); 3] the core (inner & outer).
The layers going out from the surface into space are:
1] troposphere (~18 km); 2] stratosphere (18~50 km); 3] mesosphere (50 ~80 km); 4] thermosphere (80~690 km); 5] exosphere (690~800 km).
All of the earth's surface, including the oceans, is part of the crust and the entire surface is exposed to the troposphere. We probably have the capacity to introduce pollution into the mantle, and we have certainly had an impact on most layers of the atmosphere.
2006-10-26 09:34:32 · answer #2 · answered by peter_lobell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ozone Layer
2006-10-26 09:05:39 · answer #3 · answered by masteroflisa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all of them.
If the oceans is polluted then it effects how the climate works.
If the ozone layer is polluted it does not work and lets in more solar radiation and thatscrewws with the rest of the ecosystems.
Each layer of earth is interdependent on each other to function properly.
2006-10-26 09:08:21 · answer #4 · answered by Biker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ozone layer.
2006-10-26 09:25:23 · answer #5 · answered by hennaasrani 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When polution is in the water it goes all over.
2006-10-26 09:05:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋