greenhouse gases

• name 5 greenhouse gases

  ozone

  methane

  carbon dioxide

  nitrous oxides

  water vapour
• What do greenhouse gases create?

  an insulated layer allowing to keep earth warm so it can support life
• What kind of radiation do greenhouse gases absorb?

  Infrared radiation
• What wavelength radiation do greenhouse gases re-radiate in all directions?

  long wavelength
• What direction is radiation re-radiated by greenhouse gases?

  All directions
• Long wavelengths are thermal so they..

  warm earth