Multiple Choice
Each of the following is one mechanism for heating various parts of Earth's atmosphere EXCEPT one.Which one is the exception?
A) Greenhouse gases in the lower troposphere absorb infrared radiation emitted by Earth's surface.
B) Ozone in the stratosphere absorbs ultraviolet radiation from sunlight.
C) Atomic oxygen and nitrogen in the thermosphere absorb ultraviolet radiation from sunlight.
D) Ions in the ionosphere absorb gamma rays from natural radioactivity on and within Earth.
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