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.