What describes the greenhouse effect?

Answer 1

Gases in the atmosphere trap the sun’s warmth

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Answer 2

Our atmosphere consists of a number of gases like N2 (nitrogen), O2 (oxygen), argon, CO2 (carbon dioxide), and H2O (water vapor).

Among these gases CO2, water vapor, CH4 (methane, produced in damp areas), etc. are called greenhouse gases because they basically keep the atmosphere warm by trapping the infrared radiation emitted by the sun and reflected back off the earth.

Without these earth would have been a cold planet. Green house gas basically keep the earth warm by trapping the heat radiation by the H2O, CO2, CH4 etc.

Answer 3

Carbon dioxide from cars and factories is exhausted into the atmosphere where it creates a layer like a blanket. Heat from the sun penetrates this layer and reaches earth. Some of this heat normally would bounce back through the atmosphere into space but the extra layer traps the heat on earth.

Answer 4

The information used about CO2 levels is taken from ice cores in polar areas. The data for CO2 levels for the past few years has been from next to a volcano in the Caribbean. Chance of different levels of CO2 at different locations giving wrong impression? Surely not.

I'm not trying to be prejudiced but it's true, if you're going to change this answer then don't remove the fact.

Answer 5

The greenhouse effect is what takes place when the sun's rays travel to earth, heating the air and soil. This heat radiates up from the earth's surface and gets trapped inside earth's atmosphere by a manmade layer of pollutants known as greenhouse gases. The term is used to compare the effect that the glass panels of a greenhouse have in trapping heat inside. The accelerated greenhouse effect is the primary cause of global warming.

Answer 6

carbon gas increase on earth atmosphere then earth temperatureis increse this is called green house effect