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The Greenhouse Effect

The Greenhouse Effect. gases in the atmosphere. Earth. The sun emits ultraviolet (UV) radiation which hits the earth. These rays of light hit the earth and reflect back towards space in the form of UV as well as Infrared (IR) radiation.

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The Greenhouse Effect

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  1. The Greenhouse Effect

  2. gases in the atmosphere Earth

  3. The sun emits ultraviolet (UV) radiation which hits the earth

  4. These rays of light hit the earth and reflect back towards space in the form of UV as well as Infrared (IR) radiation

  5. gases in the atmosphere pick up some of the heat from the IR rays and disperse them back into the earth’s atmosphere keeping the earth warm enough to sustain life

  6. Would you be able to feel the heat?

  7. When certain gases in the atmosphere absorb IR Radiation their vibrational modes are excited and vibrate, causing them to collide with other molecules and transfer energy On a molecular level…

  8. When the electrons return to their ground state, they re-emit the energy with a frequency equal to the frequency of energy gap between the two levels

  9. Only certain gases do this, just like dogs can hear frequencies that humans cannot because their eardrum vibrates with different wavelengths than ours

  10. If this didn’t happen… The climate would be an average of 60°F colder and the earth could not sustain life as we know it.

  11. So greenhouse gases are called greenhouse gases because they keep some heat in the atmosphere to sustain life on earth as a greenhouse does to sustain life in the greenhouse when it is cold outside

  12. So a round of applause for greenhouse gases !

  13. Let’s find out which atmospheric gases are green house gases

  14. Hint… Greenhouse gas molecules are able to vibrate with the absorption of heat

  15. So why do greenhouse gases have such a bad reputation?

  16. Natural Versus Enhanced Climate chemists believe that humans are producing more of the naturally occurring greenhouse gases than the atmosphere can naturally handle from…

  17. Anthropogenic

  18. The most abundant atmospheric gas, Nitrogen molecules have a strong bond which makes it chemically stable and non-reactive in most circumstances. Nitrogen's simple structure is unable to absorb either visible or infrared light. As a result, nitrogen is not a greenhouse gas.

  19. Oxygen is the second most abundant atmospheric gas. Why do you think that Oxygen is also not a greenhouse gas?

  20. there are others

  21. Some greenhouse gases are not naturally occurring – they are manmade Carbon tetrafluoride Sulfur Hexafluoride Hexafluoroethane

  22. And HydrofluorocarbonsWhich once saved the earth!

  23. CFC’s or Chlorofluorocarbons

  24. UV light in the atmosphere would break thte bonds of the Chlorine in the CFC’s and release it. Chlorine was found to deplete the ozone.

  25. HFC – Hydrofluorocarbons was the answer

  26. Right now HFC’s do not contribute to climate change as much as CO2 but…

  27. Maybe we should just tell those people in China, India and Africa that they can’t have what we have?

  28. Chemists to the rescue!

  29. Why should I care??????

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