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Why do ultraviolet rays from the sun reach earth

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the solar UV reaches the equator, so... 95 of the percent is UVA and 5 percent is UVB. It reaches Earth's surface because the ozone molecular oxygen is in the upper atmosphere it completely asorb the UV waves...




learned this in my class.. Hope it helps. :)

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