Asked by n

The table below shows some data about each of Earth's atmospheric layers.



Which atmospheric layer is MOST LIKELY exposed to the least amount of damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays from the Sun?


Stratosphere


Mesosphere


Troposphere


Thermosphere

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Stratosphere.

The stratosphere contains the ozone layer, which absorbs the Sun’s most harmful UV-B and UV-C radiation, so that layer (and the regions below it) are exposed to much less damaging UV than the mesosphere or thermosphere.