Ozone in the Earth's atmosphere absorbs ultraviolet (UV) radiation by breaking apart into oxygen molecules when it absorbs UV light. This process helps to protect the Earth's surface from harmful UV radiation.
Ozone absorbs UV radiation.
The ozone layer absorbs UV radiation.
The gas molecule is ozone (O3). It is formed when oxygen (O2) molecules are split apart by ultraviolet radiation in the upper atmosphere and then recombine to form ozone. Ozone helps to protect Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
The oxygen in Earth's atmosphere is not able to absorb ultraviolet radiation. It is the ozone layer, made up of O3 molecules, that absorbs most of the Sun's harmful UV radiation before it reaches the surface of the Earth.
The ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet radiation by containing high concentrations of ozone molecules, which are made up of three oxygen atoms. When ultraviolet radiation from the sun hits the ozone molecules, it causes the molecules to break apart and absorb the harmful UV rays, protecting the Earth's surface from excessive exposure to these damaging rays.
The atmosphere and especially the ozone layer
Some of the gases found in our atmosphere which absorb infrared light are: carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor. Gases found in our atmosphere which absorb ultraviolet light are ozone (O3) and oxygen gas (O2).
There is a region in atmosphere containing ozone. It is called ozone layer.
Ozone gas is present as ozone layer. It absorbs the UV rays of the sun.
Ozone layer contains ozone molecules in abundance. These molecules decompose themselves to absorb ozone.
Ozone is the substance in the atmosphere that absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation, particularly in the stratosphere. This ozone layer helps protect life on Earth from the damaging effects of excess UV radiation.
The gas in Earths atmosphere that absorbs UV radiation is Ozone in an area of the stratosphere called the ozone layer, 10-50km up. Containing 3 Oxygen atoms compared to molecular (diatomic) oxygen that we breath with 2 oxygen molecules.
Most of the radiation absorbed in Earth's atmosphere is absorbed in the ozone layer, which is a region of the stratosphere that contains a high concentration of ozone molecules. Ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the sun, protecting life on Earth from its harmful effects.
The ozone layer
The "ozone", as we call it, exists in the stratosphere of our atomoshpere. The ozone protects life from ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
The ozone gas absorbs UV rays. It is present as ozone layer.These atmospheric gases, also referred to as greenhouse gases, absorb solar radiation and cause a rise in temperature.
Ozone absorbs UV radiation.