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Consider the following statements Ozone is mostly found in the stratosphere Ozone layer lies 25 to ...........

Geography and Environment World climates

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. Consider the following statements

Ozone is mostly found in the stratosphere
Ozone layer lies 25 to 30 km above the surface of the Earth
Ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.
Ozone layer has no significance for life on the Earth.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 and 2

1 and 3

1, 2 and 3

3 and 4

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Explanation:

The ozone layer or ozone shield is a region of Earth’s stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation. It contains high concentrations of ozone (O3) in relation to other parts of the atmosphere, although still small in relation to other gases in the stratosphere.