F322 Chemistry Module Four Definitions (all)

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The Greenhouse Effect
The process in which the absorption and subsequent emmision of infrared radiation by atmospheric gases warms the lower atmosphere and the planet's surface
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Troposphere
The lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere, extending from the Earth's surface up to about 7km (above the poles) to about 20km (above the tropics)
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Stratosphere
The second layer of the Earth's atmosphere, containing the 'ozone layer', about 10km to 50km above the Earth's surface
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Adsorption
The process that occurs when a gas, liquid or solute is held to the surface of a solid or, more rarely, a liquid
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The lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere, extending from the Earth's surface up to about 7km (above the poles) to about 20km (above the tropics)

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Troposphere

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The second layer of the Earth's atmosphere, containing the 'ozone layer', about 10km to 50km above the Earth's surface

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The process that occurs when a gas, liquid or solute is held to the surface of a solid or, more rarely, a liquid

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