Why Is a Greenhouse an Imperfect Analogy for How the Earth's

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Multiple Choice

Why is a greenhouse an imperfect analogy for how the Earth's atmosphere behaves?

• A)A greenhouse allows longwave radiation to escape and mix with the surrounding air,unlike the Earth's atmosphere.
• B)The glass of a greenhouse is designed to allow transmission of both longwave and shortwave radiation,whereas certain atmospheric constituents only allow transmission of shortwave radiation.
• C)It is exceedingly rare for a greenhouse to contain carbon dioxide like the Earth's atmosphere contains.
• D)Passage of longwave radiation to space is delayed by certain atmospheric constituents,but not trapped like an actual greenhouse.
• E)A greenhouse is designed to artificially warm an area and has built in ventilation,whereas there is no such ventilation system in the Earth-atmosphere system.

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