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3. How does the ozone layer help shield the Earth? O by allowing all of the UV light to pass through by causing some of the UV light to bounce back into space by rerouting some of the UV light, causing it to go around our planet O by absorbing some of the UV light that harms living things​

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When an ozone molecule absorbs UV-B, it comes apart into an oxygen molecule (O2) and a separate oxygen atom (O). Later, the two components can reform the ozone molecule (O3). By absorbing UV-B in the stratosphere, the ozone layer prevents harmful levels of this radiation from reaching Earth's surface.

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The last answer. By absorbing some of the UV light that harms living things.

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As the harmful UV light heads for earth, the Ozone Layer absorbs a great amount of the harmful UV radiation that comes from the sun, and If it weren't for the Ozone Layer, we would probably all be practically blind from the radiation hitting our eyes.

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