Question

What are greenhouse gases?

a) gases that transmit infrared light
b) gases that absorb ultraviolet light
c) gases that transmit visible light
d) gases that absorb infrared light
e) gases that absorb visible light

Answer 1

d) gases that absorb infrared radiation

water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and other trace gasses in the Earth's atmosphere absorb the longer wavelengths of outgoing infrared radiation from the Earth's surface.