alleryStart learning →Greenhouse gases are described as transparent to which radiation, letting it reach the surface?
AVisible sunlight
BRadio waves only
CSound waves
DGamma radiation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Visible sunlight
Sunlight passes through greenhouse gases to warm the surface, while the heat the Earth radiates back is partly absorbed.
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