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How does the Sun help support life on Earth? What things come from the Sun that can be harmful to life, and what

protection does our planet have against these?

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The sun gives us vitamin D which helps us regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body. These nutrients are needed to keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy.

Apart from all the good things from the sun,it produces ULTRAVIOLET RADITIONS which harm life on earth Short-wave of ultraviolet light damages DNA and sterilizes surfaces with which it comes into contact. For humans, suntan and sunburn are familiar effects of exposure of the skin to UV light, along with an increased risk of skin cancer.

Our planet has a type of blanket it is known as the atmosphere it has 5 layers one of them is known as the stratosphere which has some gas layer called the ozone layer,this ozone layer stops the ultraviolet radiation from reaching our home planet.

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