Sunday, June 12, 2011

4.12 Greenhouse Effect

"Warming that results when Solar Radiation is trapped by the atmosphere;caused by atmospheric gasses that allow sunlight to pass through but absorb heat energy that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth"


  • UV Light comes from the Sun
  • 50% of UV Light is refracted
  • UV Light is converted to Infrared and absorbed  
  • Infrared gets emitted back out
  • The more Greenhouse Gasses (Water Vapor, CO2) the more heat is trapped 

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