Question

Greenhouse effect leads to

• A. decrease in the Earth's surface temperature.
• B. decrease in the Earth's pressure.
• C. increase in the Earth's surface temperature.
• D. increase in the Earth's pressure.

Answer 1

The correct option is C increase in the Earth's surface temperature.

Greenhouse effect is the naturally occuring phenomenon due to certain gases (greenhouse gases) such as ${\mathrm{CO}}_{2}and{\mathrm{CH}}_4$ heat up the Earth's surface by trapping the sun's heat within the atmosphere.