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The Greenhouse Effect

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The surface of the
Sun is about 5000oC,
and it emits short
infra red waves.

Some of this infra red


hits the Earth. The
Earth absorbs the
infra red and heats
up.

The Earth emits infra


red back out into
space, but this is
longer infra red than
it absorbs from the
sun.

Some gases in the air let short infra red in and out, but reflect longer infra red waves.
This means that the Earth heats up slightly

This is a bit like what happens in a green


house, and so the name given to this way that
the Earth heats up is ʻThe Greenhouse
Effectʼ.

Which gases in the atmosphere do the


reflecting of Infra Red?

Carbon Dioxide
56%

words
emit give off
Nitrous Oxide
the process of something
6% emission
Methane being given off
Ozone
7% 18%
CFC absorb to take in
13%
the process of something
absorption
being taken in

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