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Ultraviolet rays are potentially harmful to us primarily due to their?
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What harmful rays from the sun cause sunburns?
Ultraviolet rays from the Sun cause sunburns.
Why do harmful x-rays and ultraviolet rays from the sun not harm us on earth?
X-rays and gamma rays from the sun are black by the atmosphere. The ozone layer partially blocks out ultraviolet rays, but some do get through, creating a risk of sunburn, skin cancer, and eye damage.
How does ultraviolet radiation from the Sun affect us here on earth?
The UV rays can cause mutations in plants, and can cause sunburn and skin cancer in humans. Fortunately most of the harmful ultraviolet rays are absorbed by the ozone layer high in the stratosphere.
What do you find in the stratosphere?
You find most of Earth's ozone in the stratosphere. Ozone is a gas that protects Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.
What is another name for ultraviolet rays?
UV rays
Ultraviolet rays are potentially harmful to us due to their?
Ultraviolet rays are potentially harmful to us due to their intensity. This is what is known as the amplitude of the rays from the sun.
Ultraviolet rays are potentially harmful to us due to their intensity. amplitude. high frequency or long wavelength?
High Frequency.
What are the harmful rays of sun called?
they are called UV, or Ultraviolet rays.
What star gives harmful ultraviolet rays?
The sun.
How do ultraviolet rays help to purify water?
Ultraviolet rays kill harmful germs present in the water, hence purifying it.
Are ultraviolet rays not a harmful disadvantage of solar energy?
Ultraviolet rays are generally considered a harmful disadvantage of solar energy. These rays cause damage to the solar panels over an extended period of time.
What is the harmful energy that comes from the sun?
Some harmful energy that comes from the Sun are ultraviolet rays, x-rays, and gamma rays.yes you are right! No not really it is called UltraViolet Radiation
What harmful rays from the sun cause sunburns?
Ultraviolet rays from the Sun cause sunburns.
What type of electromagnetic wave is considered harmful to humans?
These are ultraviolet rays, x-rays and gamma rays.
Ozone which obsorbs harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun?
It absorbs UV rays from the sun. These are fatal rays of the sun.
Which form of oxygen protects the earth from the harmful rays of the sun?
The triatomic form of oxygen that is ozone protects us from the harmful rays of the sun. These rays are called ultraviolet rays and are very harmful for living organisms.
Is melanin known to protect the skin from harmful ultraviolet rays?
Yes
