Greenhouse gases
What Greenhouse gases means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Gases such as methane that absorb outgoing infrared radiation and re-emit it, contributing to the greenhouse effect and global warming.
Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and water vapour that absorb some outgoing infrared and re-radiate the energy in all directions.
Gases in the atmosphere that absorb outgoing infrared radiation and re-emit it, warming the Earth's surface.
Topics that use Greenhouse gases
- Greenhouse gases (AQA GCSE)
- Human activities which contribute to an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Enhanced greenhouse effect
- Agricultural emissions and waste decomposition
- Agriculture and waste as methane sources
- Bias and source credibility
- Climate change
- Combustion of fossil fuels
- Communicating results
- Complexity and uncertainty in environmental systems
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