ECOLOGY
CHEMICAL CYCLES
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Question
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Phosphorus is a greenhouse gas
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true
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false
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -If it were not for the greenhouse gas effect, Earth’s average temperature would be a chilly-18 °C. The Earth has a natural greenhouse effect due to trace amounts of water vapour (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) in the atmosphere.
Detailed explanation-2: -Carbon dioxide, methane and water vapour are greenhouse gases. But the main constituents of the atmosphere nitrogen and oxygen are not greenhouse gases.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Kyoto basket encompasses the following six greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and the so-called F-gases(hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).
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