Physics GCSE
Greenhouse effect and Earth's temperature
What Greenhouse effect and Earth's temperature means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Greenhouse effect and Earth's temperature
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Reference: OCR
Greenhouse gases absorb and re-emit some of the Earth's outgoing longer-wavelength infrared, so the balance sets the surface temperature.
Topics that use Greenhouse effect and Earth's temperature
- Beyond Earth (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Absorption and emission of radiation
- Artificial satellites: geostationary and polar orbits
- Constant speed with changing direction
- Cosmic microwave background radiation
- Effect of the atmosphere on electromagnetic radiation
- Equilibrium between collapse and expansion
- Gravitational force towards the centre
- Inverse relationship between orbital speed and radius
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