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Which gas in earths upper atmosphere is beneficial to humans because it absorbs large amounts of ultraviolet radiation?
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∙ 11y ago
ozone layer
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∙ 10y agothe ozone gas is beneficial because the ozone absorbs the most ultra V
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An important layer of the atmosphere that blocks harmful radiation from the sun is called the?
The ozone layer. It absorbs 97-99% of potentiallly harmful ultraviolet radiation, protceting life on earth from this dangerous high frequency light from the sun.
Why cant all the wavelengths enter the earth's atmosphere?
The atmosphere absorbs the electromagnetic solar radiation.
What is the name of the layer of the earths atmosphere that absorbs the majority of the potentially damaging ultraviolet from the sun?
Ozone
Ultraviolet wavelength telescope to look at distant galaxies?
For Earth-based telescopes this is not a particularly good idea since the ozone layer in the Earth's atmosphere absorbs some of the UV radiation. For space based telescopes, all wavelengths are useful.
What causes the temperature to decrease when the sun is out?
The atmosphere is actually heated by the earth, not by the sun directly. Visible light passes through the atmosphere and strikes the surface of the earth, and thus warms the surface layer of the earth. The atmosphere is mostly transparent to visible light, meaning the light does not absorb visible light, and is therefore not heated by visible light. As the surface of the earth warms up, it radiates low intensity infrared radiation, which is not transparent to the atmosphere, and so the atmosphere absorbs the infrared radiation, and warms up. The air closest to the surface of the earth absorbs most of the infrared radiation, and is therefore warmer than air at a higher altitude. In fact, above about 10 km, the temperature starts to increase again due to the presence of the ozone layer. This absorbs solar ultraviolet radiation which leads to heating.
Which has in earth's upper atmosphere is beneficial to humans because it absorbs large amounts of ultraviolet radiation?
Ozone is present which absorbs UV rays. It is present in stratosphere.
What is the important gas in the atmosphere that absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the sun?
Ozone
Which gas absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation?
Ozone gas absorbs UV rays. It is present in the ozone layer of atmosphere.
What gas stronglu absorbs ultraviolet radiation in the atmosphere?
Ozone gas does that. It is present as the ozone layer.
What is the gas that absorbs ultraviolet radiation?
The ozone gas present in the atmosphere absorbs ultraviolet radiations. This gas is present in the form of ozone layer in the atmosphere.
What does fluorescent material do when exposed to ultraviolet radiation?
it absorbs the ultraviolet radiation and gives out visible light
What layer of the atmosphere absorbs x rays coming from the sun?
The atmosphere does not filter X-rays. It does filter ultraviolet radiation, in the ozone layer.
The thin layer of the atmosphere at an altitude of 15 to 40 km in which ozone absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation?
The ozone layer!
What layer of the earths atmosphere includes a region of ozone which absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun?
There is a region in atmosphere containing ozone. It is called ozone layer.
What is the layer of the atmosphere in which the ozone absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation?
The ozone is found in the ozone layer, but the ozone layer is found in the stratosphere.
What two features of earth protect us from the sun's radiation?
strong magnetic field deflects charged particle radiation around the earthozone layer absorbs much of the ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation as it enters the atmosphere
Which gas absorbs ultraviolet radiation?
Ozone gas present in the stratospheric region of our atmosphere in the form of ozone layer is the one most prominent gas which is responsible for the absorption of the harmul UV radiations coming from the sun.
