The Greenhouse Effect Flashcards
1
Q
What type of radiation passes through the atmosphere easily?
A
Visible light and radio waves.
2
Q
What radiation is emitted from the earth?
A
Infrared radiation (heat).
3
Q
Which 3 gasses in the atmosphere absorb infrared radiation?
A
Methane, carbon dioxide and water vapour.
4
Q
How does the earth combat the absorbed radiation from the sun?
A
The earth emits infrared back to space.
5
Q
What are green house gases?
A
Gases that absorb infrared radiation.
6
Q
Things that increase greenhouse gasses?
A
Animals produce methane. Burning fossil fuels produces co2. Water vapour from oceans.
7
Q
Is it short or long wavelength EM radiation from the sun that are absorbed by the earth?
A
Short.
