Quiz 1 CHM 377 Spring 2010 Name_________________________________________

Please place your answer in the box in capital letters

119,627 kJ nm mol-1
1. Over your house the TOMS satellite measured 310 DU of ozone. Suppose all this
ozone were brought down to the surface of earth and collected in a pure layer at
STP. How thick would the layer be in cm?
a. 3.10 cm

b. 31.0 cm

c. 310 cm

d. 0.310 cm

2. What location would you expect to have the lowest ozone concentration?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wilmington
Antarctica when no ozone hole is present
The equator
New York

3. What statement below not true?

a.
b.
c.
d.

The troposphere is well mixed.

Temperature decreases as altitude increases in the stratosphere.
The atmospheric temperature is coldest at the tropopause.
Ozone that protects us from UV light is produced in the stratosphere

4. What statement regarding UVA is true?

a.
b.
c.
d.

O2 only removes UVA

O3 only removes UVA
Both O2 and O3 remove UVA
Neither O3 nor O2 remove UVA

5. Calculate the energy required for a photochemical reaction if a wavelength of

exactly 1459 nm causes the reaction to take place.
a. 82 kJ/mol

b. 122 kJ/mol

c. 1459 kJ/mol

d. 13 kJ/mol