Consider the Following statements Greenhouse gases found in an atmosphere like emit radiation within...........

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Consider the Following statements:

Greenhouse gases, found in an atmosphere like emit radiation within the thermal infrared range.
The major constituent gases of earth’s atmosphere like nitrogen (N2), Oxygen (O2) and Argon (Ar) act as greenhouse gases.

Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct ?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

a greenhouse gas ia a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. the major constituent gases of earth's atmosphere like nitrogen , oxygeen and argon are not greenhouse gases.