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Window Glass Blocks Out Short Wavelength Energetic Photons but Allows

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Window glass blocks out short wavelength energetic photons but allows the longer wavelength, lower energy photons in the visible and infrared region to pass through. This process means that the following statements can be paired together.
-In high summer, plants often wither and die in a greenhouse because


A) skin-damaging, short wavelength, UV radiation is most abundant during the hottest part of the day. UV radiation cannot penetrate buildings, even through the windows
B) the infrared radiation heats the molecules in the curtain and not the air molecules in the room
C) the glass lets through the visible light which the plants need for photosynthesis
D) the abundant infrared radiation passes into the greenhouse rapidly heating the air inside

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