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What is the difference between the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect?
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∙ 12y ago
Ozone is a greenhouse gas. No compare or contrast possible. Any molecule with three or more atoms is a greenhouse gas. Ozone is like a blanket that simply decreases the swings in day-night temperature. It does not itself cause warming, nor does loss of it cause warming. With ozone depletion, more energy arrives from the Sun at Earth's surface in the daytime, and more leaves for deep space in the night time. This extra energy includes UV-B from the Sun.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe ozone layer is made by the following way :
Oxgen molecules (O2) are broken down into 2 oxygen atoms by the action of UV rays from the sun.
Therefore : 02 is broken down to 0 + 0
The oxygen atoms (chemical symbol 0 ) are highly reactive. So they combine with oxygen molecules (chemical symbol 02 ) forming 03 (03 is the chemical symbol for ozone.
Therefore 0 + 02 = 03
This ozone forms the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere. It absorbs most of the biologically harming UV rays emitted by the sun.
The greenhouse effect is when gases such as carbon dioxide and methane present in the atmosphere, absorb much of the heat radiated back from the Earth. As a result this rises the atmosphere's temperature. The greenhouse effect leads to climate change = melting of the ice polar caps, flooding of low lying areas and lots of natural disasters
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∙ 12y agoOzone is itself a greenhouse gas. It also traps heat inside it and acts as a greenhouse gas. However the amount of greenhouse effect that ozone causes is very less than the other gases which include water vapor, carbon-dioxide, methane, nitrous oxides and CFCs.
However, the ozone layer has very little connection with the greenhouse effect.
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∙ 9y agoGreenhouse gases cause greenhouse effect. Ozone is a greenhouse gas.
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∙ 9y agoOzone depletion causes global warming. The same is true for reverse also.
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∙ 9y agoOzone is also a greenhouse gas. But it also absorbs UV rays.
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∙ 9y agoGreenhouse gases just cause global warming. Ozone also protects from UV rays.
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The trapping of heat by a planet's atmosphere is called what?
it allows solar radiation to penetrate to the surface!
Is the depletion of ozone layer related with greenhouse effect?
The depletion of ozone layer causes UV to enter. they then cause greenhouse effect.
Where does the greenhouse effect the ozone layer the most?
The greenhouse effect the ozone at the poles. It is the maximum at the poles.
How does the ozone layer help in protecting the earth from greenhouse effect?
Ozone layer does not allow UV to pass through which kill the greenhouse gas absorbing plankton. This avoids the greenhouse effect.
What are the links between the ozone layer and greenhouse gases?
Very little connection between the ozone layer and greenhouse gases.
How are ozone and greenhouse alike?
Ozone is a greenhouse gas. However there is little connection between the greenhouse effect and the ozone layer.
How are ozone and greenhouse gases alike?
Ozone is a greenhouse gas. However there is little connection between the greenhouse effect and the ozone layer.
What is the difference between the ozone layer and greenhouse gases?
Ozone layer protects us from UV rays. Greenhouse gases cause global warming.
The trapping of heat by a planet's atmosphere is called what?
it allows solar radiation to penetrate to the surface!
Is the depletion of ozone layer related with greenhouse effect?
The depletion of ozone layer causes UV to enter. they then cause greenhouse effect.
Where does the greenhouse effect the ozone layer the most?
The greenhouse effect the ozone at the poles. It is the maximum at the poles.
How does the ozone layer help in protecting the earth from greenhouse effect?
Ozone layer does not allow UV to pass through which kill the greenhouse gas absorbing plankton. This avoids the greenhouse effect.
How does the greenhouse effect pollute your ozone layer?
It doesn't. Ozone is a greenhouse gas.
How ozone layer is damaged by greenhouse effect?
Global warming causes greenhouse effect. It then causes ozone depletion.
What are the links between the ozone layer and greenhouse gases?
Very little connection between the ozone layer and greenhouse gases.
How is the greenhouse effect the cause of the ozone layer depletion?
The greenhouse effect causes ozone depletion. Greenhouse doesn't let the heat escape, causing problems for ozone.
What is the difference between the greenhouse effect and industrialization?
Industrialization is the replacement of formerly manual work by mechanical means. It is often more productive with less energy. One example would be a weaving loom against a person spinning thread by hand. The greenhouse effect is the product of releasing harmful waste gases into the atmosphere, destroying the protective ozone layer.
