Question

Name the radiations absorbed by ozone layer. What would happen to living ones on earth of ozone layer around us disappears ?

Answer 1

(i) Ultra violet radiations especially 100-320 nm wavelength.
(ii) Disappearance of ozone layer will allow the passage of UV radiations to earth causing blindness in animals, skin cancers and cataract in humans, reduced photosynthesis and death of many organisms in larval stages.