Health: The Basics (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134709680
Author: Rebecca J. Donatelle
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 16, Problem 5PQ
The barrier that protects us from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays is
- a. photochemical smog
- b. the ozone layer.
- c. gray air smog.
- d. the greenhouse effect
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