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What part of the earths atmosphere absorbs the radiation that causes skin cancer?
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∙ 11y ago
green house effect
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Does ultraviolet radiation tan skin?
Yes, UV radiation is what causes you to tan. It also causes skin cancer. (The reason your body tans is to pretect itself from cancer causing UV radiation.)
What mutation causes skin cancer?
gamma radiation
What causes auroras on Earth?
The suns radiation hitting our atmosphere
What are the effects of radiation from television?
it causes cancer and brain disorders
What are the long term causes of hiroshima?
Radiation poison and cancer.
What does ultraviolet radiation from the sun do to the skin and cells?
UV radiation is harmful to skin. It causes skin cancer.
Can't you use ultra violet radiation to destroy cancer cells?
no u.v. light causes skin cancer
Can environmental influences cause cancer?
Air pollution causes lung cancer UV radiation causes melanomas and basal and squamous skin carcinomas
Would radiation harm the people testing underwater bombs?
Radiation will always harm people no matter where they are, as it causes cancer.
Which form of radiation given off by the earth causes heating of the earth's atmosphere?
Infared
What damage does radiation do?
Radiation exposure causes damage to the cells of your body, which can mutate them. Mutated cells are sometimes referred to as cancer cells, and thus radiation can give you cancer. There are different effects from different kinds of radiation, but mutating cells is the basic form of damage that radiation does.
WhAT Wavelengths are most poorly transmitted through the atmosphere?
The atmosphere easily transmits shortwave radiation from the Sun, BUT is a poor transmitter of LONG-WAVE radiation from Earth's surface. This selective transmission causes the Greenhouse effect in the atmosphere.
