The substances and their proportions that make something up. For example, the proportions of today’s atmosphere is 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% argon and other gases.
Composition
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Layer of gases that surrounds the earth.
Atmosphere
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The release of gases and/or molten rock by volcanoes.
Volcanic activity
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A series of enzyme-catalysed reactions carried out in the green parts of plants. Carbon dioxide and water combine to form glucose. This process requires light energy from sunlight.
Photosynthesis
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Electromagnetic radiation that we can feel as heat.
Infrared
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To give out.
Emit
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To soak up or take in.
Absorb
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When gases in the atmosphere absorb energy transferred by infrared waves from the Earth, which causes the atmosphere to be warmer than it otherwise would be.
Greenhouse effect
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A gas that helps to trap “heat” in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, methane and water vapour are greenhouse gases.
Greenhouse gas
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The increase in the Earth’s average temperature likely to be caused by increased amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Global warming
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Changes that happen to the global weather patterns as a result of global warming.
Climate change
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A relationship between two variables, so that if one variable changes, so does the other. This can be positive or negative.
Correlation
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When one thing can be shown to be causing another thing.
Causal link
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The smallest change that can be measured by an instrument. For example, in a microscope, it is the smallest distance between two points that can be seen as two points and not blurred into one point.
Resolution
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Layer of gases that surrounds the earth.
Back
Atmosphere
Card 3
Front
The release of gases and/or molten rock by volcanoes.
Back
Card 4
Front
A series of enzyme-catalysed reactions carried out in the green parts of plants. Carbon dioxide and water combine to form glucose. This process requires light energy from sunlight.
Back
Card 5
Front
Electromagnetic radiation that we can feel as heat.
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