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What is bad about the holes in the ozone?

The Ozone layer protects us from the sun. If we didn't have the Ozone layer, our Earth would burn up as we would be fully exposed to the sun.


Why do things burn when passing through earth's ozone layer?

The Sun emits a broad spectrum of light including UV-C and UV-B. When UV-C is absorbed by an oxygen molecule, sometimes ozone is formed. When UV-B or UV-C is absorbed by ozone it breaks apart, and sometimes ozone is formed again. So "burning through" ozone also produces some ozone. The amount of ozone at any given time is a delicate balance between incident sunlight, ozone left over from the previous day (ozone decays with time too), the amount of oxygen available, and the various decay paths presented by contaminants. As contaminants increase, or new decay pathways are presented, ozone concentration decreases. Not only will the sun not burn through the ozone layer, the sun is required to create new ozone. The thin layer we misrepresent as a hole is due primarily because the sun can not react with the atmosphere and the ozone naturally decays.


What are the consequences of the ozone layer destruction?

Ozone layer blocks about 97% of the the total received by the earth. Ozone depletion will expose earth to harmful radiations and will burn the life. The temperature will increase and make earth inhabitable place.


How is UV light related to the ozone layer?

The two issues are not directly connected. The thin layer referred to as the hole in the ozone layer is a natural event that has been happening for eons as is global warming and cooling. The ozone hole only lasts for a short time over each pole due to a lack of sunlight hitting that portion of the atmosphere.


What is significance of ozone?

Ozone is significant for life on earth. Ozone layer blocks around 97% of the total radiation received by the earth. It acts as a blanket and keeps the atmosphere cool. It is responsible for the survival of life on earth.

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Why don't you burn when the sun gets really hot?

you don't burn because of the ozone layer of the earth. the ozone layer is a layer on earth that observes solar ultraviolet radiation.


What are the results of damaging the ozone layer?

Ozone layer blocks about 97% of the the total received by the earth. Ozone depletion will expose earth to harmful radiations and will burn the life. The temperature will increase and make earth inhabitable place.


What are the result of damaging the ozone layer?

Ozone layer blocks about 97% of the the total received by the earth. Ozone depletion will expose earth to harmful radiations and will burn the life. The temperature will increase and make earth inhabitable place.


What is bad about the holes in the ozone?

The Ozone layer protects us from the sun. If we didn't have the Ozone layer, our Earth would burn up as we would be fully exposed to the sun.


What are the problems with the depletion of the ozone?

Depletion of ozone creates holes in ozone layer. Ozone layer blocks about 97% of the the total received by the earth. Ozone depletion will expose earth to harmful radiations and will burn the life. The temperature will increase and make earth inhabitable place.


Why are you concerned with the ozone?

We are concerned with ozone because ozone layer blocks about 97% of the the total received by the earth. Ozone depletion will expose earth to harmful radiations and will burn the life. The temperature will increase and make earth inhabitable place.


Same effects of a thining ozone layer?

it mean if u litter on the earth its not good and the ozone layer layer get thiner and the sun will get closer to the earth and that mean nothing will happen wrong it means we will burn up into ashes and that means 2012


What are some affects of the ozone hole?

Ozone layer blocks about 97% of the the total received by the earth. Ozone depletion or ozone hole will expose earth to harmful radiations and will burn the life. The temperature will increase and make earth inhabitable place.


Why do things burn when passing through earth's ozone layer?

The Sun emits a broad spectrum of light including UV-C and UV-B. When UV-C is absorbed by an oxygen molecule, sometimes ozone is formed. When UV-B or UV-C is absorbed by ozone it breaks apart, and sometimes ozone is formed again. So "burning through" ozone also produces some ozone. The amount of ozone at any given time is a delicate balance between incident sunlight, ozone left over from the previous day (ozone decays with time too), the amount of oxygen available, and the various decay paths presented by contaminants. As contaminants increase, or new decay pathways are presented, ozone concentration decreases. Not only will the sun not burn through the ozone layer, the sun is required to create new ozone. The thin layer we misrepresent as a hole is due primarily because the sun can not react with the atmosphere and the ozone naturally decays.


How is the sun harmful to life and what protection does your planet have against it?

The UV rays burn things on earth, that's how you get sunburn. The ozone layer protects the earth from the rays, but now we're putting holes in The ozone layer with pollution.


What are the consequences of the ozone layer destruction?

Ozone layer blocks about 97% of the the total received by the earth. Ozone depletion will expose earth to harmful radiations and will burn the life. The temperature will increase and make earth inhabitable place.


What atmospheric layer protects the earth from meteoroids?

The mesosphere is the atmospheric layer that protects the Earth from meteoroids. As meteoroids enter the Earth's atmosphere, they burn up in this layer due to friction with air molecules, preventing them from reaching the surface.