Author Question: How is it that a class of compounds as chemically inert as the CFCs can pose an environmental ... (Read 48 times)

rosent76 · **on:** Aug 27, 2018

How is it that a class of compounds as chemically inert as the CFCs can pose an environmental problem like the destruction of the ozone layer?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Sulfur is needed by plants for

A) nitrogen fixation.
B) nucleic acid synthesis.
C) amino acid and protein synthesis.
D) maintaining electrical neutrality.

coyin · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

They are inert at the earth's surface, but react in the high energy environment of the ozone layer.

Answer to Question 2

C