GREENHOUSE

EFFECT
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AFIFAH
SHAQINA
FARAH
ZIANZARIS
ANIS
CAUSES OF GREENHOUSE
EFFECT
Greenhouse Effect Before we dig deep into the
causes of greenhouse effect, it is important for us
to know what is greenhouse effect. You must
have heard of greenhouse effect during any
debate on global warming. The light that we get
from the sun helps to keep this atmosphere
warm. Of the 100% light that sun sends to earth,
almost 70% sunlight is reflected back into the
sky. Only 30% of that sunlight is absorbed by us.
The sunlight absorbed is used for different
purposes. It can be used to produce solar energy,
drying clothes, by plants in the process of
photosynthesis and to make this planet warm
and comfortable for living.
The 70% of the light that is reflected back into the space, also
known as infrared radiations, are absorbed by greenhouse gases
before they are lost to space. The absorption of these lights by
greenhouse gases make it possible to keep this planet warm for
living beings as these gases acts like a mirror and reflect some of
the heat back to earth. Without Greenhouse effect, the
temperature of this planet would be lesser by 30 degree celsius and
this would be too cold for us to survive.
The major greenhouse gases solely responsible for greenhouse
effect are: carbon dioxide, ozone, methane and water vapors.
Although these gases comprise 1% of our atmosphere, they act like
a thick warm blanket outside that surrounds this planet and
regulate climate control. Greenhouse effect is not bad, in fact it is
needed to for all of us to survive on earth. In short, the greenhouse
effect is nothing but a naturally occurring process designed by
nature that aids in heating earths surface and helps to maintain
ecological balance.
Now some of that heat dissipates into space, some of it burns along
the atmosphere, and some of it penetrates the atmosphere and
finds its way into the lower atmosphere and the planet surface.
This in turn raises the average temperature of the Earth. This
increases the greenhouse effect and is a partial contributor to
global warming
GREENHOUSE GASES
WATER VAPOUR-36-79%
CARBON DIOXIDE-9-26%
METHANE-4-9%
OZONE-3-7%
EFFECT OF GREENHOUSE
Excessive carbon dioxide prevents heat from the
Earth escaping into space.
Heat is trapped in the atmosphere ;a
phenomenon called the greenhouse effect.
The heat causes the Earths average temperature
to rise. This phenomenon is called global
warming.
Global warming changes the climate which will
cause drought, dropping of agricultural yield and
the melting of ice in the North and South poles.
When ice melts, the sea level will rise and cause
low-lying areas to flood.