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Troposphere

This level of the atmosphere ranges from 0 km to 10 km above sea level.It contains most of the Earth's weather and is where we live.

Stratosphere

This level of the atmosphere ranges from 10 km to 50 km above sea level.

Ozone Depleting Substance

ODS

The Greenhouse Effect

This is a natural and necessary phenomenon maintaining a suitable temperature for life on Earth.

Montreal Protocol

This is an international agreement made by the UN made to phase out the production of ODS in 1987

Thermal Stratification

This is the vertical temperature layering that happens within our atmosphere

Primary Pollutants

These pollutants are emitted directly from a process and may be natural

Secondary Pollutants

A pollutant that forms in the atmosphere by chemical reaction with primary pollutants, natural components of the air, or both

Particulates

These are the tiny pieces of carbon and other substances caused by burning any organic substances or fossil fuels

Photochemical Smog

This is mainly nitrogen dioxide and ozone, but is a complex mixture of 100 different primary and secondary pollutants - created due to this mixture and action from the sun