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Question
State the consequence of the greenhouse effect.
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Solution
Consequences of the greenhouse effect:
- It supports the survival of life on Earth.
- Plays an important role in the evolution of life on Earth. Without ‘green house gases’, all the heat coming from sun would have escaped from earth and it would have become cold and barren like moon.
- Increased amounts of these gases contribute to global warming.
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