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Lesson 3
Key Idea 4: Atmospheric Molecular Interactions

In Topic 3, you learned how atmospheric substances interact with radiation. We know that after absorbing IR electromagnetic radiation, molecular bonds stretch and bend. How does this lead to an increase in temperature?

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