Which of These Statements About Greenhouse Gases and the Greenhouse

question 133

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements about greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect is not correct?
I. Greenhouse gases prevent infrared radiation from escaping through the atmosphere.
II. To absorb infrared radiation, a molecule must have a vibration that produces a change in the dipole moment of the molecule.
III. Argon is the third most abundant species in the atmosphere (after nitrogen and oxygen) , and therefore is a significant greenhouse gas.
IV. The average amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases when fossil fuels are burned, but not when ethanol (CH₃CH₂OH) produced from plants is burned.

• A) I only
• B) II only
• C) III only
• D) IV only
• E) III and IV only

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