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The Ozone Layer (True Books: Environment) by Rhonda Lucas Donald
Explains how the ozone layer protects Earth from harmful solar radiation and how ground-level ozone is a type of pollution.
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First published September 1, 2001
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Rhonda Lucas Donald
33 books5 followersRhonda Lucas Donald has written more than a dozen books for children and teachers, including her newest books LOP-EARED LILY and FIONA FINDS LOVE (both from Who Chains You Publishing). IF A MUMMY COULD TALK, DINO TREASURES, DINO TRACKS, and DEEP IN THE DESERT, all all from Arbordale Publishing. Older titles include LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS and Scholastic activity books on AMERICAN HISTORY CRAFTS AND GAMES, FROGS, SHARKS, SPIDERS, and WOLVES.
Rhonda is a rhyme-ster and nonfiction specialist. She focuses on science topics and particularly likes to create science-related crafts and activities and write songs and poems about animals and space. Some of her clients include National Geographic, Discovery Education, the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Wildlife Federation (RANGER RICK). Rhonda loves animals, traveling, and movies. She shares her home in Virginia with a dog and a cat.
Rhonda is a rhyme-ster and nonfiction specialist. She focuses on science topics and particularly likes to create science-related crafts and activities and write songs and poems about animals and space. Some of her clients include National Geographic, Discovery Education, the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Wildlife Federation (RANGER RICK). Rhonda loves animals, traveling, and movies. She shares her home in Virginia with a dog and a cat.
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October 8, 2013How many of you have ever been to a beach? Or Lake Elizabeth? Have you ever gone on a really sunny day? Did you get a sunburn?
Well, I’m sure you already know it was caused by rays from the sun, and you probably even did the smart thing and wore sunscreen or suntan lotion. But did you know there’s sunscreen for the whole planet? It doesn’t come in a tube, and it’s not white goop – as a matter of fact: it’s invisible! Just like the air we breathe is invisible. It’s called Ozone – and it’s a gas, just like air is a gas, but it’s high up than the air – way above the earth, in a layer all around the planet. It keeps the harmful rays of the sun from getting through to the planet – which is good, because you know how badly sunburns hurt – imagine if the whole planet got one!
Now, not all of this invisible sunscreen is up high above the earth – there’s ozone ON the earth too – but it’s the bad ozone. It can hurt plants and animals, and even float up into the air – and above it – to make holes in the good ozone. Those holes let some of the harmful rays of the sun through – and damage the planet. If enough holes are made, our planet will be in real trouble! Do you wonder how the bad ozone is made? How much damage it is causing to our
Well, I’m sure you already know it was caused by rays from the sun, and you probably even did the smart thing and wore sunscreen or suntan lotion. But did you know there’s sunscreen for the whole planet? It doesn’t come in a tube, and it’s not white goop – as a matter of fact: it’s invisible! Just like the air we breathe is invisible. It’s called Ozone – and it’s a gas, just like air is a gas, but it’s high up than the air – way above the earth, in a layer all around the planet. It keeps the harmful rays of the sun from getting through to the planet – which is good, because you know how badly sunburns hurt – imagine if the whole planet got one!
Now, not all of this invisible sunscreen is up high above the earth – there’s ozone ON the earth too – but it’s the bad ozone. It can hurt plants and animals, and even float up into the air – and above it – to make holes in the good ozone. Those holes let some of the harmful rays of the sun through – and damage the planet. If enough holes are made, our planet will be in real trouble! Do you wonder how the bad ozone is made? How much damage it is causing to our
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