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The greenhouse effect occurs because?

a) carbon dioxide is transparent to visible light and opaque to infrared radiation

b) carbon dioxide is transparent to infrared radiation and opaque to ultraviolet radiation

c) ozone is transparent to infrared radiation and opaque to ultraviolet radiation

d) ozone is transparent to visible light and opaque to infrared radiation

e) the sun emits more infrared radiation than ultraviolet radiation

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    a), d), and e) are all true. They probably want just a).

    Also, water vapor, methane, ozone, carbon dioxide, oxides of sulfur or nitrogen, even CFCs are greenhouse gasses and are responsible for the greenhouse effect. Any molecule with three or more atoms is a greenhouse gas.

  • 4 years ago

    The Greenhouse Effect Occurs Because

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