How does long wavelength radiation contribute to the greenhouse effect

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3. The greenhouse effect is driven by the fact that greenhouse gases are:

Group of answer choices
good absorbers of shortwave radiation and poor absorbers of longwave radiation
good absorbers of longwave radiation and poor absorbers of shortwave radiation
poor absorbers of radiation at all wavelengths
good absorbers of radiation at all wavelengths

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Answer:

Good absorbers of longwave radiation and poor absorbers of shortwave radiation

Explanation:

Gases in the atmosphere such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone and some artificial chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons absorb and re-radiate the sun's energy maintaining the Earth's temperature at around 33 degrees Celcius, this happens especially with infrared light that wants to go back to space, greenhouse gases are good at absorbing and emitting radiant energy within the thermal infrared range (range from about 700nm to 1mm), IR is considered long-wavelength radiation.

Considering this information we can assume greenhouse gases are good absorbers of longwave radiation and poor absorbers of shortwave radiation (such as UV or gamma rays)

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