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Which one of the following is not greenhouse gas? A) carbon monoxide B) water vapor C) CH4 D) O3

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Carbon monoxide (CO) is not a greenhouse gas.

Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas, CO, that burns with a pale-blue flame, produced when carbon burns with insufficient air: used chiefly in organic synthesis, metallurgy, and in preparation of metal carbonyls, as nickel carbonyl.

Water vapor is a dispersion, in air, of molecules of water, especially as produced by evaporation at ambient temperatures rather than by boiling.

The chemical compound with the formula CH4 is methane, a hydrocarbon and primary component of natural gas. It is used in the manufacture of plastics and other commercially important organic chemicals. Methane is also a greenhouse gas that affects the earth's temperature and climate system.

What is a greenhouse gas?

Any of the gases whose absorption of solar radiation is responsible for the greenhouse effect, including carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, and the fluorocarbons.

The Greenhouse Effect is an atmospheric heating phenomenon, caused by short-wave solar radiation being readily transmitted inward through the earth's atmosphere but longer-wavelength heat radiation less readily transmitted outward, owing to its absorption by atmospheric carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and other gases; thus, the rising level of carbon dioxide is viewed with concern.

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Answer:

Carbon monoxide (CO) is not a greenhouse gas because it does not trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere.

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