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What is the greenhouse effect?
| a. | The filtering of specific wavelengths of light by Earth’s atmosphere |
| b. | The increase in global plant growth due to enhanced photosynthesis |
| c. | The trapping of heat by gases in the atmosphere |
| d. | The reduction in the amount of
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