1. earth's ozone layer is responsible for absorbing from the sun
2. changes in the composition of the atmosphere have caused gradual changes in earth's
throughout history, causing changes in plant and animal life that contributed to mass
extinctions
3. chemical chlorofluorocarbons (cfcs) have been banned and replaced with _ which
destroy about 1% of the ozone that cfcs do.
4. naturally occurring volcanic eruptions can produce large amounts of gases that contain sulfur.
these gases accumulate in the atmosphere in the same way as man-made
5. greenhouse gases absorb infrared radiation and trap it as
respond to the following based on your reading.
6. briefly describe which environmental factors are responsible for the greenhouse effect.
responsere

UV light

climate

hydrofluorocarbons or HFCs

pollutants

heat

As sunlight falls on Earth's surface, it heats up the surface. Infrared light is emitted from the surface and is absorbed in the atmosphere, where it is converted to heat. This heat remains trapped in the atmosphere, causing the temperature near the surface to increase.

Explanation:

these are all correct

UV light

climate

hydrofluorocarbons or HFCs

pollutants

heat

As sunlight falls on Earth's surface, it heats up the surface. Infrared light is emitted from the surface and is absorbed in the atmosphere, where it is converted to heat. This heat remains trapped in the atmosphere, causing the temperature near the surface to increase.

Explanation:

they are non-matter

explanation:

they are non-matter. basically, any type of energy or any abstract concept is an example of something that does not matter. other examples include dreams, magnetism, radio, and hate

so here is the information for current research:

-nrel's geothermal analysts, scientists, and engineers perform a full range of research from developing advanced methods of locating and accessing geothermal resources to exploring innovative technologies to extract and produce clean energy from the heat of the earth

and here is the information for the technology of geothermal energy:

-it's clean and sustainable

-resources of geothermal energy range from the shallow ground to hot water and hot rock found a few miles beneath the earth's surface, and down even deeper to the extremely high temperatures of molten rock called magma

-almost everywhere, the shallow ground or upper 10 feet of the earth's surface maintains a nearly constant temperature between 50° and 60°f (10° and 16°c)

-geothermal heat pumps can tap into this resource to heat and cool buildings

-a geothermal heat pump system consists of a heat pump, an air delivery system (ductwork), and a heat exchanger-a system of pipes buried in the shallow ground near the building

-in the winter, the heat pump removes heat from the heat exchanger and pumps it into the indoor air delivery system

-in the summer, the process is reversed, and the heat pump moves heat from the indoor air into the heat exchanger

-the heat removed from the indoor air during the summer can also be used to provide a free source of hot water