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Answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. Explain the difference between the greenhouse effect and global warming.

2. Based on your knowledge of how the greenhouse effect works, why does the level of carbon dioxide affect the global temperature?

3. Name three sources of atmospheric carbon dioxide.​

User Zari
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1. Global warming is the change in the climate of the earth causing it to heat up whereas the greenhouse effect is a naturally occurring phenomena, constantly occurring due to the atmosphere and sunlight.

2. Carbon dioxide absorbs heat radiating from the Earth's surface and re-release it in all directions—including back toward Earth's surface.

3. Decomposition, ocean release and respiration.

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