Located adjacent to red on the electromagnetic spectrum, and having a longer wavelength, is ________ radiation, which we cannot see but which we can detect as heat. This is an important wavelength for the greenhouse effect, because its wavelength is blocked by greenhouse gases

A) ultraviolet
B) infrared
C) microwave
D) gamma ray


Ans: B) infrared

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