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Which gas can hold the heat in the atmosphere for a long time?

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Oxygen
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Nitrogen
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Carbon dioxide
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Ozone
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Solution

The correct option is C Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide can hold the heat in the atmosphere for a long time. It constitutes only 0.03 percent of the dry air. Being an effective absorber of heat from the upper atmosphere as well as the earth, carbon dioxide is considered to be of great climatic significance. This gas emits about half of the absorbed heat back to the earth.

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