Q. What is the ozone layer explained for kids?
Ozone is a natural part of Earth’s upper atmosphere. This part of the atmosphere, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) above the surface, is called the ozone layer. It protects people by absorbing harmful rays from the sun. If they reach Earth, these rays can cause skin cancer, eye diseases, and other health problems.
Q. What is ozone protection?
The stratospheric ozone layer is Earth’s “sunscreen” – protecting living things from too much ultraviolet radiation from the sun. But through domestic and international action, the ozone layer is healing and should fully recover by about 2065. …
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Q. How can I protect the ozone layer?
How can we protect the ozone layer?
- Avoid the consumption of gases dangerous to the ozone layer, due to their content or manufacturing process.
- Minimize the use of cars.
- Do not use cleaning products that are harmful to the environment and to us.
- Buy local products.
Q. Why Sun is a black body?
The term originates because for a blackbody all visible light will be absorbed rather than reflected, and therefore the surface will appear black. A star, like the Sun is a near perfect blackbody. A blackbody does not reflect any light, nor does it allow any light to pass through (transmit).
Q. Why is space so dark?
In space or on the Moon there is no atmosphere to scatter light. The light from the sun travels a straight line without scattering and all the colors stay together. Looking toward the sun we thus see a brilliant white light while looking away we would see only the darkness of empty space.
Q. Why doesnt the sun shine in space?
Rest space is empty. The astroid, plants and planet’s moon shines by the photons released from the Sun(i.e light particles). As there is nothing else in space to shine, hence we never see the Sun’s light.
Q. Can we see sun from space?
When it comes to astronomy, the star nearest the Earth is somewhat of a paradox. Our sun is one object in the sky that everyone can see, but no one can look at. Far and away the brightest object in the sky, the sun is easy to find, but it’s so bright that one can’t look directly at it without vision damage.
Q. Can astronauts see the sun in space?
The International Space Station travels at a brisk 17,100 miles per hour. That means it orbits Earth every 90 minutes—so it sees a sunrise every 90 minutes. Thus, every day, the residents of the ISS witness 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets.
