Q. What does “airborne fraction” with respect to greenhouse gases indicate?

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Q. Clouds help in cooling down the planet and do not contribute to greenhouse effect.

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Q. What does GWP in the context of greenhouse gases indicate?

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Q. What is the GWP of methane over a time period of 20 years?

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Q. The GWP depends on which of the following factors?

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Q. Which of the following mentioned GHGs has the highest atmospheric lifetime?

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Q. Which of the following gases has the highest radiative efficiency?

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Q. Which of the following compounds have the highest GWP?

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Q. Anthropogenic sources of carbon dioxide are 20 times greater than natural carbon dioxide sources.

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Q. What is the reason for extreme difference in temperatures at day and night in deserts?

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Q. What does the method of “enhanced weathering” infer?

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Q. What does the process of carbon sequestration mean?

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Q. Which of the following is a sink for carbon?

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Q. Which of the following greenhouse gas is contributed by cattle farming?

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Q. Volcanic eruptions contribute to the global greenhouse phenomenon.

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Q. What is the average concentration of ozone in the ozone layer of the atmosphere?

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Q. Who discovered the ozone layer?

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Q. Which of the following devices can be used to measure ozone in the stratosphere from the ground?

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Q. The ozone layer absorbs what range of wavelengths of the sun’s radiation?

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Q. Who discovered the formation of ozone from photochemical reactions?

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