An atmospheric layer of a specific gas provides shielding from harmful ultraviolet light from the sun, allowing life to thrive on earth. What gas makes up this layer?.



Answer :

The gas that makes up this layer is O3 (Ozone).

The ozone layer protects the earth from most of the sun's UVB rays. Greenhouse gases are a set of gases that accumulate in the lower layer of the atmosphere the troposphere and absorb infrared radiation to increase the average temperature of the Earth's surface. At the top of the stratosphere, 30 miles up, ozone absorbs most of the sun's harmful UV rays.

At the top of the troposphere 12 miles, up ozone acts as a greenhouse gas and traps heat. The troposphere is the lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere. Most of the atmospheric mass is in the troposphere. Most types of clouds are in the troposphere, and almost all weather phenomena occur in this layer. Greenhouse gases are so named because they absorb infrared radiation from the sun in the form of heat which circulates in the atmosphere and is eventually lost to space.

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