The P Block Elements - Result Question 51

####52. About $20 km$ above the earth, there is an ozone layer. Which one of the following statements about ozone and ozone layer is true?

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(a) ozone has a triatomic linear molecule

(b) it is harmful as it stops useful radiation

(c) it is beneficial to us as it stops U.V radiation

(d) conversion of $O_3$ to $O_2$ is an endothermic reaction

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Solution:

  1. (c) Ozone layer is beneficial to us, because it stops harmful ultraviolet radiations to reach the earth.


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