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How do greenhouse gases make life on Earth possible.

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Green house gases make life on earth possible by producing green house effect that keeps the Earth warm.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • Earth recieves heat energy in the form of incoming solar radiation.
  • Some part of the incoming solar radiation is absorbed in the atmosphere but maximum of it reaches the Earth's surface.
  • Earth in turn re-radiates this long wave thermal radiation.
  • Maximum amount of this re-radiated heat Is absorbed by some gases in the atmosphere.
  • These radiatively active gases that absorbs this radiating heat are called Greenhouse gases.
  • These greenhouse gases act as a thermal blanket around the Earth, raising the temperature of the Earth. This effect is called Green house Gases.
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