The greenhouse effect occurs on Earth because carbon dioxide is

a. transparent to visible light and opaque to infrared radiation.
b. opaque to visible light and transparent to infrared radiation
c. totally opaque to both visible light and infrared radiation
d. totally opaque to both visible light and infrared radiation


A

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