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What happens to most of the UV radiation in our atmosphere? absorbed by greenhouse gases absorbed...

What happens to most of the UV radiation in our atmosphere?

absorbed by greenhouse gases

absorbed by plants

absorbed by nitrogen

absorbed by ozone

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UV radiation is absorbed by the ozone layer present in the stratosphere of the Earth's atmosphere layer.

Due to this absorption of the UV radiation, by the ozone layer, very less amount of UVradiation is able to reach the Earth's surface.

Most of the UV radiation have harmful effect on the human beings and plants and wildlife kingdom, so ozone layer acts as a protective shield that does not allow the UV Rays to pass through it.

So the correct answer to the problem is- option D. (Absorbed by ozone)

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