Environment & Ecology · Environment
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is classified as a greenhouse gas primarily because it is:
- 1transparent to incoming sunlight but traps outgoing infrared heat radiation.✓
- 2transparent to heat radiation but traps incoming shortwave sunlight.
- 3used heavily in artificial commercial greenhouses to increase plant growth.
- 4completely transparent to both incoming sunlight and outgoing heat.
Correct answer
transparent to incoming sunlight but traps outgoing infrared heat radiation.
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