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Nitrogen also helps in preventing UV rays from reaching the Earth.

(a) True

(b) False

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This key question is from Ozone Depletion in portion Atmosphere & Greenhouse Gases of Environmental Engineering

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Right choice is (a) True

The explanation is: Nitrogen prevents extremely short wavelengths or vacuum UV radiations (10-100nm) from reaching the surface.

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