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Lower Atmosphere
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Worksheet 1
Test yourself:
Quiz about the "detergents" of the atmosphere
This is an interactive web-page. |
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To answer these questions you should have read the background text "night & nitrate " and "oxidation & OH" very well. |
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Find the right answers! |
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1) Which of the four radicals / molecules does not belong to the "detergents" in the atmosphere? |
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2) In the atmosphere the lifetime of OH radicals is |
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3) The lifetime of OH radicals is essentially dependent on |
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4)In northern summer between which latitudes can you find on average more than 2 000 000 OH radicals per cm3 air at a height of 1000 meters? |
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5) Which of the following reactions yields OH radicals even without light? |
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6) Nevertheless there is hardly any OH formed in a starry night. The reason for this is: |
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7) In which way does the "detergent" NO3 affect small alkenes in the dark? |
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8) Which wavelength is basically not absorbed at all by NO3 molecules? |
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Attention: This quiz is optimised for internet explorer or new versions of Netscape! If the little solution window disappears, just reopen it from the task row! |
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About this page:
Authors: M. Seesing, M. Tausch - Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg / Germany Scientific reviewing: Dr. Mark Lawrence - Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz - 2004-05-05
Last update: 2004-05-13 |
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