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प्रश्न
Give reason for the following:
Destruction of ozone layer is harmful for both humans and plants.
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उत्तर
Damage cause due to ozone depletion to humans:
- Sun burn and skin cancer
- Disruption in function of DNA
- Early aging of skin
- weakening of immune system
- eye cataract and eye damage
Animals: Severe damage to cells of animals and all the damages caused to humans as above.
Plants:
- Retards plant growth.
- Reduces chlorophyll content
- inhibits pollen germination
- Disrupts ecosystem, quality of vegetables
- increases harmful mutations
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain how, harmful ultraviolet radiations of sunlight are prevented from reaching the earth's surface.
Give scientific reasons:
Ozone present in the stratosphere is called as “good ozone”.
What is the difference between stratospheric and ground level ozone?
Enumerate the damage to humans, animals and plants caused due to ozone depletion.
Select the correct answer from the following statement:
A chemical responsible for ozone depletion.
Give reason for the following:
The formation of ozone involves a chemical reaction called photolysis.
Global warming is a phenomenon related to ______.
In 1987, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) forged an agreement to freeze the production of a certain chemical to the year 1986 level. Name the chemical and the manufacturing companies m which this chemical was being mostly used.
In what way this chemical damage -
- the upper layers of the atmosphere and ultimately
- the organisms on the earth.
State the essential function performed by ozone at the higher levels of the atmosphere.
What is exactly measured in Dobson units or DU?
