How is ozone formed in the upper atmosphere
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Ozone is made up of three oxygen atoms.It is formed when energetic uv radiation dissociates molecules of oxygen O2 into separate atoms.These free oxygen atoms when colloid with O2 molecules,it joins up and forming ozone O3
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Stratospheric ozone is formed naturally through the interaction of solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation with molecular oxygen (O2). The "ozone layer," approximately 6 through 30 miles above the Earth's surface, reduces the amount of harmful UV radiation reaching the Earth's surface.
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