Health: The Basics, The Mastering Health Edition (12th Edition)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134183268
Author: Rebecca J. Donatelle
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 15, Problem 6PQ
When gases such as carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons form a layer in the atmosphere trapping solar heat close to the surface to warm the planet, it is called
- a. photochemical smog.
- b. the ozone layer.
- c. gray air smog.
- d. the enhanced greenhouse effect.
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