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Explain how the greenhouse effect keeps our planet warm. Please use

the following terms, visible light, infrared waves, and absorption. (2 - 3
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Which of the following is a health risk associated with a depleted ozone
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When the Sun's energy/ visible light reaches the Earth's atmosphere, some of it is reflected back to space and the rest is absorbed and re-radiated by greenhouse gases. The absorbed energy warms the atmosphere and the surface of the Earth

Skin cancer, because it is the skin that is affected by the unhealthy rays from the sun that can penetrate when the ozone layer is depleted

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