PLZ HELP I BEG YOU Short-wave solar radiation gets absorbed by the earth's surface and is reflected back to space as infrared radiation. What happens to the infrared radiation?

Hint: the greenhouse effect

It is absorbed by carbon dioxide and water in the atmosphere.

Nothing, it just sits there.

there is no such thing as infrared radiation because you can see it.

ultraviolet radiation is absorbed

You would be correct, boiling water does disinfect contamination.    the property of disinfecting means to kill  germs, bacteria and other pathogens or contamination  that might cause an infection or cause a person to become sickly. a couple methods of disinfecting are using soap, other cleaning supplies or by simply "boiling" the contaminate.  the reason why boiling water disinfects certain attributes is because some cells cannot survive the heat and pressure.

It is sure ( overimitation)