Green House-Effect Flashcards

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Define Green House-Effect

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Some amount of radiation of the sun is reflected back from Earth to the atmosphere, and due to some gases like carbon dioxide, dinitrogen monoxide, methane, water vapor, and ozone, the radiation is absorb/trapped. As a result, the temperature of the atmosphere is increased.

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What are the Green House gases?

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CO2, N2O, CH4 (methane), H2O (water vapor), O3 (Ozone)

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Point about the Moon temp

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The temp, of the moon is less compared to Earth. Since the moon has no atmosphere, to absorb pr trap the reflected radiation from its’ surface.

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