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The atmosphere of the earth is heated by radiations which are mainly

(a) radiated by the sun
(b) re-radiated by land
(c) re-radiated by water
(d) re-radiated by land and water

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Answer: D

Solution.

The radiation from the sun reaches to the earth surface.
Most of the incident radiation get reflected from earth surface and water.
If there will be no atmosphere around the earth, most of the radiation will reflect back to space.
But this reflected radiation from water and land get trapped in atmosphere.
This re- radiation warms the atmosphere around the earth.
Hence the correct option of this question is option D

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