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प्रश्न
Give a reason for the following:
An excess of carbon dioxide increases the temperature of the earth.
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उत्तर
- Carbon dioxide is a non-poisonous gas, but an excess of this gas can cause suffocation. A person may die in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide due to a lack of oxygen.
- Carbon dioxide acts as a greenhouse gas, keeping the world temperature stable. However, when the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases, the temperature of the Earth rises, resulting in global warming. Therefore, An excess of carbon dioxide increases the temperature of the earth.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Prepare a brief speech on global warming. You have to deliver the speech in your class.
Choose the correct option.
________dioxide is a greenhouse gas.
State what are ‘greenhouse gases’ and name the major greenhouse gases.
The diagram represents the green house effect.

State why the effect is called ‘global warming’.
The diagram represents the greenhouse effect.

Name a process which (a) releases (b) absorbs – greenhouse gas – CO2.
The diagram represents the greenhouse effect.

Which of the following – biofertilizers or nitrogenous fertilizers reduces the greenhouse gas – CO2? Explain.
A red hot ball is suspended from the ceiling of a room using a thin metallic wire.
Suggest the way by which it loses the least amount of heat.
Trees help in reducing the pollution of our environment. Lakhs of trees are planted by people in the month of July every year. The occasion is called
The greenhouse effect leads to ______.
