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This is a diagram of the greenhouse effect. Explain what happens when fossil fuels are burned and additional greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere.
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grade 6
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1) Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) releases extra greenhouse gases into the air, especially carbon dioxide (CO2) and also methane and nitrous oxide.
2) Sunlight passes through the atmosphere and warms the Earth's surface. The warm surface gives off heat (infrared radiation) back toward space.
3) Greenhouse gases absorb some of that outgoing heat and re‑radiate it back toward the surface — they act like a blanket around the planet.
4) When more greenhouse gases are added, more heat is trapped, so the Earth warms (global warming) and the climate changes, causing things like hotter temperatures, melting ice, and changing weather patterns.
2) Sunlight passes through the atmosphere and warms the Earth's surface. The warm surface gives off heat (infrared radiation) back toward space.
3) Greenhouse gases absorb some of that outgoing heat and re‑radiate it back toward the surface — they act like a blanket around the planet.
4) When more greenhouse gases are added, more heat is trapped, so the Earth warms (global warming) and the climate changes, causing things like hotter temperatures, melting ice, and changing weather patterns.
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