If the Greenhouse Effect Were to Increase in Importance,so That

question 49

Multiple Choice

If the greenhouse effect were to increase in importance,so that the temperature of Earth's atmosphere increased,then Earth's surface would radiate:

• A) the same amount of energy into space as it does now.
• B) more energy into space than it does now, with most of it in the visible.
• C) more energy into space than it does now, with most of it in the infrared.
• D) less energy into space than it does now.

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