CLIMATE CHANGE

There are
a lot of gr
gases in th een house
e atmosph
gases inclu ere. Those
water vap d e ca rb o n
our, metha dioxide,
ne and nit
oxide. rous

use gases trap heat?

How do the green ho
through the
• The Sun’s rays pass
atmosphere.
reflected back into
• Some of the rays are
e Earth to cool.
space which allows th
e rays are trapped by
• However some of th
the atmosphere.
the carbon dioxide in

e in creased carbon dioxide causes mire

• Th
d the temperatures to
heat to be retained an
increase.

The most
important
gas to
To fight climate change, we can use control at
the
moment,
less objects that require fossil fuels dioxide, as
is carbon
this is
– i.e using electric powered cars the gas th
at stops
instead of petrol powered cars. We the heat fr
om
leaving ou
can also use renewable energy r
atmosphe
sources such as solar panels or wind re
turbines as an alternative energy
source to oil and gas.