Without the Greenhouse Effect Operating in Our Atmosphere

question 36

Multiple Choice

Without the greenhouse effect operating in our atmosphere

• A) We would not have to worry about any warming problems in the future.
• B) Earth would have an average temperature of -23 degrees Celsius.
• C) The ice in the polar regions would have melted long ago.
• D) The ozone layer would not be weakening.
• E) The Earth would have become much more like Venus long ago.

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