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___ protects the Earth from ultraviolet radiations.

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The ozone layer is a natural layer of gas in the upper atmosphere which protects human beings and other living organisms from the harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays of the sun. This ozone layer performs the essential task of filtering out most of the sun's harmful UV radiation.


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