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What is the percent composition of CO2 in the pure dry air?

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Important Questions on The Atmosphere

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Which among the following gases absorb long wavelength infrared radiation emitted from the earth’s surface?
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Which of the following greenhouse gases has the maximum contribution towards global warming?
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_____ is released in large quantities by heaps of rotten and degradable matter.
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Which of the following molecules can absorb infrared radiation?
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Which of the gases present in the air is most effective in causing greenhouse effect?
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Green plants use carbon dioxide for photosynthesis and return oxygen to the atmosphere, even then carbon dioxide is considered to be responsible for greenhouse effect. Explain why?
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How greenhouse effect causes global warming? 
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What is the greenhouse effect? Name the greenhouse gases.
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Which one of the following statements is wrong in case of Bhopal tragedy
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Bhopal gas tragedy is related with:
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Burning of fossil fuels causes the emission of _____ gases.
 
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In 1984, the Bhopal gas tragedy took place because methyl isocyanate :-
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What would have happened if the greenhouse gases were totally missing in the earth's atmosphere? Discuss.
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Without greenhouse effect, the average temperature of Earth's surface would have been

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What is the role of CO2 in the 'green-house effect'? 
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State the environment hazards caused by burning CNG as a fuel.
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What is a greenhouse gas?
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What are GHGs? Give their relative contribution to the global warming. State one major possible ill effect of it?
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Cotyledons are also called-
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Which of the following can increase the greenhouse effect?