JEE Main 202116 MarchEvening Shift
- Exam
- JEE Main
- Year
- 2021
- Date
- 16 March
- Shift
- Evening Shift
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- Environmental Chemistry
JEE Main 2021 · 16 March · Evening Shift · Chemistry · Environmental Chemistry
The green house gas/es is (are): (A) Carbon dioxide (B) Oxygen (C)...
The green house gas/es is (are):
(A) Carbon dioxide
(B) Oxygen
(C) Water vapour
(D) Methane
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Options
- A(A) and (C) only
- B(A) only
- C(A), (C) and (D) only
- D(A) and (B) only
Correct answer
C. (A), (C) and (D) only
Step-by-step solution
Greenhouse effect, a warming of Earth's surface and troposphere (the lowest layer of the atmosphere) caused by the presence of water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, and certain other gases in the air. Of those gases, known as greenhouse gases, water vapour has the largest effect.
The green house gases are {CH}_{4}.