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प्रश्न
Why do we call carbon dioxide a greenhouse gas?
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उत्तर
Carbon dioxide is called a greenhouse gas because it absorbs infrared radiation and prevents heat from escaping into space. A greenhouse gas is any gas in the atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range, leading to the greenhouse effect.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain Greenhouse effect
Give a reason for the following:
An excess of carbon dioxide increases the temperature of the earth.
Name the radiations which are absorbed by the green house gases.
What would have been the temperature of earth's atmosphere in absence of green house gases in it?
State the cause of increase of green house effect.
Without green house effect, the average temperature of Earth's surface would have been :
What is greenhouse effect and how is it caused?
Name the following:
Name three greenhouse gases.
The increase in the levels of greenhouse gases results in a gradual increase in the temperature of the earth’s surface.
Name some greenhouse gases.
