2024 · Q24
Ozone hole is a region over:
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- Athe Antarctic caused mainly by CFC gases.
- Bthe Antarctic caused mainly by carbon dioxide gas.
- Cthe Arctic caused mainly by CFC gases.
- Dthe Arctic caused mainly by carbon dioxide gas.
Explanation
The ozone hole is the severe seasonal thinning of the ozone layer observed over Antarctica each spring. It is caused mainly by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whose chlorine radicals catalytically destroy ozone molecules in the polar stratospheric clouds. Carbon dioxide drives global warming but not ozone depletion, and the Arctic shows much weaker depletion. Hence option A is correct.