Ozone Layer

In the same way that fire is good in a fireplace, but bad on your clothing...

Ozone in the upper atmosphere forms the ozone layer, which protects the earth from ultraviolet light (UV-B). Ozone at ground level is a common air pollutant which is harmful to lungs and the breathing structures of plants too.

There are many reasons coal is important to life on earth, a main one is power. The world runs on electricity now, and coal is a main source of power. also fires, coal has always been important in fires.

The 'ozone' layer in the upper atmosphere blocks out harmful (cancer causing) ultraviolet light from the Sun.

Most visible light is bounced back into space, while some of it is absorbed into the atmosphere.

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Lightning is a massive flow of electrons, that superheats gas to a conductive plasma state, and radiates broad spectrum energetic radiation... including ionizing radiation. Either the oxygen atoms in the plasma, or the ionizing radiation breaks apart oxygen molecules to make oxygen atoms, then some of these now-loose oxygen atoms combine with oxygen molecules to make ozone.

A microscopic biologic organism within an individual leaf of a branch of a tree or plant.

The skelton helps us by,1,protecting vital organs such as the heart and lungs and, 2, it allows our bodies to maintain there shape

CFC's have the major role. They are the ones that deplete the ozone.

the cfc's effect the ozone layer by breaking the bond of the atoms in the ozone layer.so it pulls apart the atoms and breaks the bond and the harmful radiation comes through and hits the earth

the ozone layer is located in the lower stratosphere. This layer keeps around 95% of harmful ultraviolet( UV) radiation from touching Earth's surface. These UV rays cause cancer. There are already large amounts of people that have skin cancer with just 5% of the possible UV radiation coming in contact with Earth's surface. So if 95% more radiation where to hit Earth, skin cancer would affect everyone, and in much larger amounts. This would most likely lead to shorter life expectancy because of deaths from cancer.

The ozone layer is a layer of the vital gas which protects us from the harmful UV radiations of the sun. The ozone layer is constant in concentration till disturbing factors like CFC's n HCFC's are the ones that destroy ozone. However these factors have been brought under control by humans so the ozone hole has been diminishing slowly.

This question has been answered in other categories... It permits there to be life near the surface of the ocean, and on the surface of land.

The annual ozone hole over the South Pole forms due to a combination of factors, including cold temperatures and sunlight triggering chemical reactions involving man-made chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halons. These chemicals break down ozone molecules, causing the thinning of the ozone layer. This process is more pronounced during the Southern Hemisphere's spring when the sun returns and temperatures drop, creating an environment conducive to ozone depletion.

There are three. In order of the amounts they protect us:

# nitrogen, absorbs UV-C and more energetic radiation, ~78% of the atmosphere

# oxygen, absorbs UV-C and more energetic radiation, ~21% of the atmosphere # ozone, absorbs UV-B and more energetic radiation, ~0.0001% of the atmosphere

The main gas found in the stratosphere is ozone. It is present in the form of ozone layer.

Ozone is a greenhouse gas that traps heat in the Earth's atmosphere. However, it is found in the stratosphere, not the lower atmosphere where most greenhouse gases accumulate. Ozone depletion in the stratosphere can indirectly affect the greenhouse effect by allowing more harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun to penetrate Earth's surface, leading to warming.

Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) is an organic compound that contains carbon, chlorine, and fluorine, produced as a volatile derivative of methane and ethane.

They were commonly used as refrigerants, and for propellants for aerosol sprays, though they have been mostly phased out due to the fact that they cause ozone depletion.

Ozone forms over the equator where the rays of sunlight are the strongest and then flows toward the poles.

The ozone hole is a natural occurrence. You cannot prevent it.

You might keep it from starting sooner, have more ozone in it, or from lasting longer.... but you cannot stop it from forming once a year at each pole when it is late winter / early spring there.

Thicker atmosphere does not stop UV-B. Only ozone in our atmosphere stops UV-B from damaging the DNA of all surface life on Earth. And even though the ozone hole is a natural phenomenon, the size of the hole is an indication of, it does appear, the effects of Man on this protective ozone layer.

Cirrus clouds are very high in the atmosphere making then furthest from the Earth's surface. They are very thin and wispy in appearance.

Man made and natural processes lead to breakdown of ozone. Natural are UV rays and man made are CFC's.

• It protects the DNA of all surface life.
• It protects humans from skin cancers and eye cataracts
• Without the ozone layer, you would burn to death. The sun's UV rays would strike the earth and kill every living thing.
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