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The what screens out most of the harmful ultraviolet light from the sun?
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The ozone layer in our upper atmosphere.
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What does the ozone layer atmosphere blocks most of the ultraviolet light from the what?
It blocks the harmful UV rays. These are radiations of the sun.
Name the gas that naturally occurs in the air and screens out harmful rays from the sun?
Ozone (O3) forms from oxygen (O2) in the upper atmosphere and screens out most of the ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.
WHAT part of the atmosphere that filters out most harmful ultraviolet radiation is the?
Ozone.
What waves are the lowest and most damaging?
The shorter electromagnetic wavelengths are the more harmful. Shortwave ultraviolet is more harmful than long wave ultraviolet light. With even shorter wavelengths are gamma rays and x-rays which can cause genetic mutations and cell damage leading to death.
What harmful effects are due to exposure to ultraviolet?
The most common one is skin cancer but the most publicised one is skin cancer, rare but possible if exposed to even low levels of UV light
What atmospheric area is responsible for absorbing the most UV radiation?
The ozone layer high above the Earth blocks most of the ultraviolet (UV) light emitted by the Sun. This radiation is generally harmful to living things.
What type of light is most like sunlight?
Most of the light in sunlight is ultraviolet light, also known as UV light/rays.
Is the human retina is sensitive to ultraviolet light?
the lens is the most sensitive part of the eye. the retina can become damaged when there is an excessive ultraviolet light exposed.
Most of earths incoming is absorbed by ozone?
Ultraviolet light.
Most of the Sun's ultraviolet light reaches the Earth's surface?
If that will happen life on earth would be wiped out. Most ultraviolet light heading for earth would be blocked by the ozone layer.
What is the most harmful type of UV rays?
UV-C is the most harmful type of UV ray. It is the one absorbed by the ozone.
How much of the ultraviolet radition from the sun is absorbed by oxygen and ozone?
Most of it is absorbed. UV is the harmful radiation of the sun.
