Biology, asked by kailesh2033, 1 year ago

How do UV rays help in the formation of the ozone layer?

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Answered by amritanshu6
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High in the atmosphere, some oxygen (O2) molecules absorbed energy from the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays and split to form single oxygen atoms. These atoms combined with remaining oxygen (O2) to form ozone (O3) molecules, which are very effective at absorbing UV rays.

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Answered by shalini6754
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good question
let me tell you that the uv rays break the oxygen molecules into single but the molecules can't exist single in atmosphere so tjey make bond with or they combine with oxygen molecules to form O3 which is called ozone
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