Unit 1, LS3 Vocabulary Check In: The Greenhouse Effect

Atmosphere

• a thin layer of gases surrounding Earth

• the solid, outermost layer of Earth.

• all of the plant, animals and other living things on Earth's surface

• the mood or feel of an area

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

• primary greenhouse gas emitted from cellular respiration and from burning fossil fuels

• primary greenhouse gas produced by bacteria as they breakdown organic substances

• primary greenhouse gas produced by the actions of microbes on nitrogen compounds in the soil and at sea

• a group of greenhouse gases containing fluorine that are entirely man-made

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Methane (CH4)

• primary greenhouse gas emitted from cellular respiration and from burning fossil fuels

• primary greenhouse gas produced by bacteria as they breakdown organic substances

• primary greenhouse gas produced by the actions of microbes on nitrogen compounds in the soil and at sea

• a group of greenhouse gases containing fluorine that are entirely man-made

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Nitrous Oxide (N2O)

• primary greenhouse gas emitted from cellular respiration and from burning fossil fuels

• primary greenhouse gas produced by bacteria as they breakdown organic substances

• primary greenhouse gas produced by the actions of microbes on nitrogen compounds in the soil and at sea

• a group of greenhouse gases containing fluorine that are entirely man-made

Reflection

• the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another

• the process or action of bouncing back a ray of light, sound or heat when that ray strikes a surface or object

• the process or action of bending a ray of light that enters a different medium

• the action or process whereby a ray of light is split into its composite parts

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Fossil Fuels

• Coal, oil, and natural gases that are the remains of ancient plants and animals and found buried deep underground

• renewable energy resources such as solar, wind and hydo power.

• renewable energy sources such as oils obtained through biomass such as ethanol and biodiesel

• the greenhouse gases found in the atmosphere

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The Greenhouse Effect (GHE)

• the action whereby gases in the atmosphere allow light to pass through but are reflected from the surface as infrared rays, These rays are in turn trapped by greenhouse gases and result in warming the Earth.

• the action whereby gases in the atmosphere allow light to pass through but are reflected from the surface as infrared rays, These rays are in turn trapped by greenhouse gases and result in cooling the Earth.

• the action where most of the incoming light is reflected back into space, thereby causing Earth to warm

• the action whereby volcanic eruptions put huge amounts of gases and ash into the atmosphere causing Earth to cool

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Infrared radiation

• a frequency of radiation that is re-radiated from Earth's surface after sunlight has been reflected. This is then trapped by GHG's

• A frequency of radiation that comes from the sun that is responsible for causing sunburn

• a frequency of radiation that is NOT trapped by greenhouse gases and mostly escapes into space

• a frequency of radiation that absorbed by the oceans and cause Earth to cool

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Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)

• the gases (CO2, CH4 and N2O) that act to reflect light back into space, causing earth to cool

• the gases (CO2, CH4 and N2O) that act to trap infrared light within the atmosphere, causing Earth to warm

• the gases (O2, N2, and Argon) that act to trap infrared ight within the atmosphere, causing Earth to warm

• gases emitted from volcanoes that act to cool the planet

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Albedo

• the pecentage of light reflected from an object

• the amount of energy absorbed by an object

• the texture of a surface and its ability to absorb infrared radiation

• the amount of radiation that reaches Earth's surface

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