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LECTURE 36
     questions before lecture

think about these - they should already be familiar

  • How deep do you think the atmosphere would be if we could liquify it?
  • In which direction is a clear sky bluest?
  • In which directions and at what time of day is the sky red? What color is it in the opposite direction?
  • What kinds of light get through our atmosphere and what kinds are absorbed?
  • What is ozone? What does it do for living creatures? Why is the ozone layer eroding?
  • What does UV light do to living creatures?
  • Have you heard of a CFC? What is it?
  • What is the greenhouse effect? What does it do for living creatures? Why is it increasing?
  • Which greenhouse gases are humans responsible for increasing in the atmosphere?

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Please email any questions, comments, or suggestions to Professor Bernice Durand, bdurand@theory3.physics.wisc.edu.

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