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Standard XII
Chemistry
Greenhouse Effect
Question

Greenhouse effect causes:
  1. melting of ice caps
  2. submerging of low lying areas
  3. All of the above
  4. rise in the sea level

A
All of the above
B
rise in the sea level
C
melting of ice caps
D
submerging of low lying areas
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Solution
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The greenhouse effect causes the melting of the ice caps and releases other greenhouse gases, CH4 which is heating up the environment and causing the greenhouse effect again.
Option A is correct.

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