Name: Safiyyah Manjra

Form: U6-1
Date: 17th February, 2015
Subject: Chemistry Module 3
1) The greenhouse effect is the process by which certain gases in the
atmosphere absorb infrared radiation to maintain the temperature of the
earth. The term greenhouse is compared with the way a greenhouse warms
up by allowing sunlight to enter through its glass and prevent infrared
radiation are called greenhouse gases.
2) The gases which absorb infrared radiation are methane (CH4), water
vapour (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), these gases absorb IR radiation
because the molecules are polar which have a dipole and as the IR radiation
is absorbed and there is a change in the dipole movement.
3a) Today- 16C
3b)1750 year- 14C
3c)During the ice age- (-1)C
3d) The major cause of the difference is the greenhouse effect. The green
house gas composition in the ice age CO2 160ppm, CH4 0.380ppm, N2O
0.215ppm, in the 1750 H2O 70%, CO2 280ppm, CH4 0.730ppm N2O
0.270ppm, todays concentrations, H2O 70%, CO2 388ppm, CH4
1.843ppm, N2O 0.317ppm. The composition during the ice age is much
lower than that of the
4) The lower the concentrations of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
the lower the temperature of the earths surface.
5) Greenhouse gas is a gas in the atmosphere which absorbs infrared
radiation.
6) The increase in number of glass planes increases the temperature.