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1. Explain how the Earth's atmosphere is similar to a greenhouse.

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What they said up there cause internet helped
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Double panes help there, because it reduces the amount of heat lost by conduction through the glass. The IR-absorbing properties of the glass are not very important in a greenhouse. But in the atmosphere, the primary energy-retaining effect is via IR absorption by the atmosphere.

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