Earth's Stratosphere Is Warmer Than the Layers Above and Below

question 217

Multiple Choice

Earth's stratosphere is warmer than the layers above and below it because

• A) the methane released when fossil fuel is burned collects in this layer and absorbs infrared light.
• B) warm air heated by contact with the ground rises into the stratosphere and heats it.
• C) ozone in the stratosphere absorbs specific wavelengths of ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.
• D) carbon dioxide in the stratosphere absorbs infrared light radiated outward by the ground.

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