Q. $CO_{2},CH_{4},N_{2}O\$and $CFCs$are called green house gases because they absorb and emit

A) UV-rays
B) Heat rays
C) X-rays
D) Gamma rays
Explanation

The gases responsible for green-house effect are ${CO}_{2},CH_{4},N_{2}O,{CFC}_{s},$ etc. the earth’s atmosphere with high concentration of green house gases is transparent to incoming short wave solar radiations but absorbs outgoing longwave infra-red radiations, particularly earth’s thermal radiations (heat-rays), trapping heat near the earth’s surface. In this way, the earth’s atmosphere works very much like a green house by warming the interior.

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