Assertion: ozone's oxygen atom | /r/Synonym | atomic oxygen
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text: When high-energy ultraviolet rays strike ordinary oxygen molecules (O 2 ), they split the molecule into two single oxygen atoms, known as atomic oxygen.
text: Ozone in the Earth's stratosphere is created by ultraviolet light striking ordinary oxygen molecules containing two oxygen atoms (O 2 ), splitting them into individual oxygen atoms (atomic oxygen); the atomic oxygen then combines with unbroken O 2 to create ozone, O 3 .
text: When high-energy ultraviolet rays strike ordinary oxygen molecules (O2), they split the molecule into two single oxygen atoms, known as atomic oxygen.