Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to 'green house' for the plants.
Options
A. 'Green house' (made of glass) allows visible sunlight (i.e., short wavelength solar radiation like ultra-violet rays) to pass through the glass and heat up the soil thereby warming up plants inside it.
B. The emitted longer wavelength radiation (e.g., infrared) is partly reflected and partly absorbed by the glass of the green house.
C. 'Green house effect' in earth's atmosphere is due to increasing CO2 level in atmosphere. where CO2 acts like the glass of 'green house' thereby warming up the earth's surface.
D. 'Green house' is colder than the outside atmosphere.
Correct Answer
'Green house' is colder than the outside atmosphere.
More questions
1. Pick out the correct statement.
Options
A. Deforestation helps in controlling the green house effect.
B. Global warming is detrimental for increase in food productivity and may cause flood and cyclone.
C. Lightening discharges are natural source of production of SO2 & H2S pollutant.
3. The boiling points for pure water and pure toluene are 100°C and 110.6°C respectively. Toluene and water are completely immiscible in each other. A well agitated equimolar mixture of toluene and water are prepared. If, at a total pressure of one standard atm. exerted by the vapours of water and toluene, the mole fraction of water Xw in the vapour phase satisfies