Multiple Choice
The greenhouse effect results in warmer temperatures near the surface because
A) clouds trap infrared radiation near the surface.
B) some of the energy that would ordinarily escape is re-radiated toward the surface.
C) carbon dioxide and water vapor trap infrared radiation.
D) carbon dioxide molecules do not permit radiation to escape.
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