Which explains the greenhouse effect?
A.
Greenhouse gases like water vapor and carbon dioxide trap heat in the atmosphere, thereby radiating heat energy back into space.
B.
Greenhouse gases like water vapor and carbon dioxide release heat in the atmosphere, thereby radiating heat energy back into space.
C.
Greenhouse gases like water vapor and carbon dioxide trap heat in the atmosphere, thereby radiating heat energy back to the surface.
D.
Greenhouse gases like water vapor and carbon dioxide trap heat in the atmosphere, thereby radiating heat energy back into space.**
Is D rilly the answer
i think D
The correct answer is D. Greenhouse gases like water vapor and carbon dioxide trap heat in the atmosphere, thereby radiating heat energy back into space.
To understand the greenhouse effect, we need to break it down step by step:
1. The sun emits energy in the form of sunlight, which reaches the Earth's atmosphere.
2. Some sunlight is absorbed by the Earth's surface and warms it up.
3. The warmed Earth's surface then emits heat energy (infrared radiation) back towards space.
4. However, some of this heat energy is trapped by certain gases in the Earth's atmosphere, known as greenhouse gases. The most important greenhouse gases are water vapor and carbon dioxide, but there are also others like methane and nitrous oxide.
5. The greenhouse gases in the atmosphere act like a blanket, allowing sunlight to pass through but trapping some of the heat energy that is radiated from the Earth's surface.
6. As a result, the greenhouse gases absorb the heat energy and re-emit it in all directions, including back towards the Earth's surface.
7. This re-emitted heat energy warms up the lower atmosphere and the Earth's surface, known as the greenhouse effect.
So, option D accurately explains the greenhouse effect by stating that greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere and radiate some of this heat energy back into space.