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What is green house effect?
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Solution
- Certain gaseous molecules present in the atmosphere absorb the infrared rays and reradiate the heat in all directions.
- Hence, these gases maintain the temperature of the earth’s surface.
- The gases which absorb these radiations are called greenhouse gases and this effect is called the greenhouse effect.
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