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The Greenhouse Effect 3/3/15 15-2b pgs. 398-401 IN: What do you think is the Greenhouse Effect? Put your Lesson 12 on the books.

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1 The Greenhouse Effect 3/3/15 15-2b pgs. 398-401 IN: What do you think is the Greenhouse Effect? Put your Lesson 12 on the books

2 The Greenhouse Effect – the natural heating process of a planet, such as the Earth, by which gases in the atmosphere trap thermal energy.

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4 Particles that trap thermal energy are called “greenhouse gases”. Scientists have hypothesized that an increase of these gases, may be causing an increase in the greenhouse effect.

5 Global Warming – a rise in average global temperatures.

6 Global Warming

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9 Radiation balance is the balance between incoming and outgoing energy. – The amount coming in and going out must be equal for earth to remain livable.

10 The Radiation Balance

11 OUT: Draw a diagram of The Greenhouse Effect.


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