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What is the cause of the greenhouse effect?

Asked in NEET 2002 · Uses and atmospheric effects

Answer: (1) infra-red rays

Step-by-step solution

Sunlight arrives mostly as visible and near-infrared radiation and warms the ground.

The warmed ground re-radiates at its own much lower temperature, which by Wien's law puts that

emission well into the infrared.

Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and water vapour absorb strongly in the infrared and

re-emit in all directions, trapping part of that outgoing energy.

So the infra-red rays are the cause.

Why the other options are wrong

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