An environmental disaster is caused by the depletion of the ozone layer. Which disease is NOT caused by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays?
AMelanoma
BErythema
CTeratoma ✓ Correct
DCarcinoma
Correct answer: (C) Teratoma
Explanation
Teratoma is not caused by ultraviolet exposure, unlike the skin conditions listed.
It is a germ-cell tumour made of several tissue types, arising independent of sunlight.
Melanoma is a serious skin cancer strongly linked to ultraviolet radiation.
Erythema is the reddening of skin, a sunburn response to ultraviolet rays.
Carcinoma includes skin cancers driven by ultraviolet damage.
A thinning ozone layer lets more ultraviolet through, raising skin-cancer risk.
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