Question

What is the difference between the oxygen we breathe and the ozone located in the earth’s stratosphere?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Ozone os a Trioxygen, O3 whuch is present in very low concentrations throughout with its highest concentration high in the ozone layer of the stratosphere, which absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation and has a function as a strong oxidant.

Oxygen is a diatomic molecule, O2 which is 21 % abundant in air. It has a vast array of functios such as in respiration in humans, also in oxidation etc.

Answer 2

Answer: Ozone in the stratosphere is made up of three (3) oxygen atoms while Oxygen we breathe consists of two (2) atoms

Explanation: Oxygen in the atmosphere is a diatomic molecule, this means it is made up of two oxygen atoms. Ozone is a blue gas with a pungent odor, it is a triatomic molecule, this means it is made up of molecules containing three oxygen atoms. Ozone protects living organisms by preventing ultraviolet rays from reaching the Earth's surface.