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Agriculture · Q212

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 212

Q212

Ozone layer in the atmosphere absorbs

A.
Ultraviolet radiation
Answer
B.
Infra red radiations
C.
Total solar radiations
D.
All of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
The ozone layer is covers or earth like a blanket and protects us by absorbing harmful ultra violet radiation (UV-B) from the Sunlight. when an ozone molecule absorbs UV-B it comes apart into an oxygen molecule and a separate oxygen atom O which combines later to form an ozone molecule.