Which statement below regarding vibrating bonds and the greenhouse effect is FALSE?
A) Infrared radiation can interact with vibrating covalent bonds.
B) The strengths of tiny electric fields produced by the partial separation of charge in bonds fluctuate at the same frequencies as the bond vibrations.
C) Infrared radiation absorbed and re-emitted by molecules can be reradiated toward Earth.
D) Bond vibrations in which the fluctuating fields cancel each other out are not infrared active.
E) CO2 is the only atmospheric molecule that interacts with infrared radiation.
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