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  • Carbon dioxide, not the best green house gas but by far the most abundant
  • Methane.
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  1. Carbon dioxide (CO2)
  2. Methane (CH4)
Water vapour, though not strictly a gas, also absorbs long wave radiation, ultraviolet rays.
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Ozone in atmosphere absorbs UV. It is present as ozone layer.

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Carbon dioxide (CO2) and Water vapour.

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carbon dioxide and water

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What are Two ways gases can affect radiation?

Gases absorb radiation and some is absorbed in the atmosphere :)


Which gases absorb ultraviolent radiation?

The gas which absorb ultraviolet radiation is ozone. It absorbs the harmful Uv radiations from the sun.


What do greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb and retain?

Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb and retain infrared radiation (heat) from the surface of the earth.


What do you call gases that are good absorbers of outgoing radiation?

Greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, water vapour, methane, etc.


Which atmospheric gases absorb UV radiation?

Ozone absorbs UV radiation. It is present as ozone layer.


What gases in the atmosphere absorb infrared radiation and Which gases absorb ultraviolet?

Some of the gases found in our atmosphere which absorb infrared light are: carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor. Gases found in our atmosphere which absorb ultraviolet light are ozone (O3) and oxygen gas (O2).


What is the greenhouse gas that absorbs the sun's incoming shortwave radiation?

No greenhouse gas absorbs the sun's incoming shortwave radiation. All the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, nitrous oxide, CFCs etc) absorb the outgoing longwave infrared radiation from the warmed surface of the earth.


What is caused by gases in the atmosphere that absorb radiation and transfer heat?

greenhouse effect


What would happen if gases absorbs visible light?

Earth's atmosphere does have greenhouse gases. These gases absorb some of the infrared radiation emitted by Earth's surface. If it did not, Earth would grow warmer and warmer as it absorbed more and more solar radiation. Greenhouse gas molecules absorb and emit infrared radiation.


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The ozone gas absorbs UV rays. It is present as ozone layer.These atmospheric gases, also referred to as greenhouse gases, absorb solar radiation and cause a rise in temperature.


How does solar radiation leave earths atmosphere?

It is radiated by many of the gases in the lower atmosphere.


Why are carbon dioxide water vapor and other greenhouse gases important to life on Earths surface?

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