Glass is largely transparent to incoming short- wavelength radiation from the sun (including visible light and some short-wavelength infrared). This radiation warms the interior of the greenhouse (ground, plants, air). The warmed objects then re- emit energy as longer-wavelength infrared radiation (heat). Glass is relatively opaque to this longer- wavelength infrared radiation, trapping the heat inside and causing the temperature to rise. Option A describes this process where shorter wavelengths enter and longer wavelengths cannot easily exit.
Which one of the following statements is true with regard to a greenhouse ?
Asked in UPSC CDS 1 2022 · Topic: Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change (Definition and Natural Greenhouse Effect)
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Answer: A. The shorter wavelength infrared radiations from the Sun can enter into the greenhouse while longer wavelength infrared radiations from the ground and the plants inside the greenhouse cannot pass back out through the glass.
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