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Greenhouse
effect
- an increase in certain gases in the
atmosphere traps more heat
radiation from earth
- Greenhouse gases:
water vapor,
carbon dioxide &
methane
- Radiation from the sun is short-wave so it can enter the
atmosphere. It's absorbed by the clouds and
atmosphere becoming long-wave now it bounces off the
Earth's surface but reflected back down by greenhouse
gases and keeps the earth warmer than it should be
- Radiation from the sun is short-wave so it can enter the
atmosphere. It's absorbed by the clouds and
atmosphere becoming long-wave now it bounces off the
Earth's surface but reflected back down by greenhouse
gases and keeps the earth warmer than it should be
- Greenhouse gases:
water vapor,
carbon dioxide &
methane
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