2007-05-04 03:21:23 · 5 answers · asked by Renzo D 3 in Environment
False. CFCs attack the ozone (03) reducing it to oxygen (02). This causes the ozone to thin and more ultravioloet rays to penetrate thus reaching Earth. This thinning has been correlated with an increase in skin cancer. CFCs are used in refrigerators, air conditioners (car, home), and some fungicides (methyl bromide).
2007-05-04 04:23:16 · answer #1 · answered by jleyendo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not exactly. The CFCs break down the O3 in the ozone, and the reduction of O3 allows a greater quantity of the UV rays to reach the planets surface. So it's not that the rays get closer to the earth, but rather that a greater number of the rays reach the planets surface.
2007-05-04 03:25:47 · answer #2 · answered by firstythirsty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CFC are banned, the ozone layer protects us from the harmful UV rays of the sun. So when CFC are in the atmosphere they deplete some of the ozone layer causing holes which is how UV rays get closer to Earth.. So yes that statement is true.
2007-05-04 03:24:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The CFC never even get closet to the ozone layer. They are much too heavy . The ozone layer is at the very edge of space where the solar winds first encounter the earth's magnetic field . about the only thing light enough to get there is hydrogen. The shape of the ozone layer is similar to a stick in a water stream . O3 is held in that position with an electrical charge.
2007-05-04 03:41:50 · answer #4 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Incorrect. The UV rays don't get "closer", they are just able to penetrate the atmosphere. CFCs combine with O3 (Ozone) molecules and that breaks the O3 up causing more UV rays to penetrate.
2007-05-04 03:25:53 · answer #5 · answered by EMPERATUS 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋