How the Ozone Layer Protects Earth : āĻ âāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻ¸ā§ā§°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§
Types of Ultraviolet Rays from the Sun : āĻ¸ā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ
āĻšāĻž UV ā§°āĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋā§° āĻ§ā§°āĻŖ
1. UV-A – Mostly reaches Earth. : UV-A – āĻ āĻ§āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻšā§āĨ¤
2. UV-B – Partly blocked by the ozone layer. : UV-B – āĻ ’āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻļāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ ā§°ā§āĻ§ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
3. UV-C – Mostly blocked by the ozone layer. : UV-C – āĻ ’āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻāĻžā§ąā§ ā§°ā§āĻ§ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Working Steps : āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻžā§° āĻ§āĻžāĻĒ
- Sun emits ultraviolet rays. : āĻ¸ā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻ āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ ā§°āĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻ¸ā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
- The Ozone Layer absorbs harmful UV rays. : āĻ ’āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻ UV ā§°āĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
- Most dangerous UV rays are blocked. : āĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻ ā§°āĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§° āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§ ā§°ā§āĻ§ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
- Safer sunlight reaches Earth. : āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĢāĻ˛āĻ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻ¨āĻŋā§°āĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻ¸ā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻšā§āĨ¤
- Life on Earth is protected from radiation. : āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĢāĻ˛āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻā§ā§ąāĻāĻāĻ¤ ā§°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ¸ā§ā§°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Note: Ozone acts like Earth’s sunscreen. It protects life from harmful ultraviolet radiation. āĻ ’āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§° āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° “āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ”ā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻ Ultraviolet Radiation ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻā§ā§ąāĻāĻāĻ¤āĻ āĻ¸ā§ā§°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĨ¤