OCR AS chemistry - Greenhouse effect
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- Created on: 05-05-13 15:13
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- Energy coming from the sun is: Visible light, Infrared, Electromagnetic radiation
- GREENHOUSE EFFECT
- the process in which the absorption and subsequent emission of INFRARED by atmospheric gases warms the lower atmosphere and the earth's surface
- GREENHOUSE GASES
- Carbon Dioxide
- Natural occurrence: Volcanic eruption, Respiration
- Methane
- Natural occurrence: Rotting of organic waster, cows by-product of respiration
- CLATHRATES: ice like structures that have large quantities of methane trapped
- greater contribution to greenhouse effect Than CO2
- Carbon Dioxide
- Natural occurrence: Volcanic eruption, Respiration
- Carbon Dioxide
- Water Vapour
- Natural occurrence: evaporation of masses of water - oceans
- the most abundant
- Global warming potential
- Lifetime of gas in atmosphere
- Ability to absorb infrared
- Abundance of the gas
- Carbon Dioxide
- GREENHOUSE EFFECT
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