Greenhouse Gas

Key Stage 4

Meaning

Greenhouse gases are gases which are more transparent to Visible Light than to Infra-red.

About Greenhouse Gases

Greenhouse gases lead to the greenhouse effect.

If the percentage of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere increases this could cause the average temperature of the Earth's surface to increase, a process called Global Warming.

The most common greenhouse gases are Carbon Dioxide, Methane and Water Vapour which all scatter or reflect Infra-red back to the surface of the Earth and prevent it from escaping into space.

References

AQA

Greenhouse gases, page 117, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA

Greenhouse gases, page 209, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Chemistry, CGP, AQA

Greenhouse gases, page 235, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA

Greenhouse gases, page 271, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, AQA

Greenhouse gases, pages 170-1, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA

Greenhouse gases, pages 198-201, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA

Greenhouse gases, pages 227-8, GCSE Chemistry, Hodder, AQA

Greenhouse gases, pages 29, 42, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA

Greenhouse gases, pages 302-3, GCSE Chemistry; Student Book, Collins, AQA

Greenhouse gases, pages 92, 156, 157, 178, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA

Greenhouse gases, pages 92, 93, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA

Greenhouse gases; Amount in the atmosphere, pages 171-3, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA

Greenhouse gases; levels in the atmosphere, pages 228-30, GCSE Chemistry, Hodder, AQA

Greenhouse gases; UK emissions, page 235, GCSE Chemistry, Hodder, AQA

Edexcel

Greenhouse gases, page 81, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel

Greenhouse gases, page 92, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel

Greenhouse gases, pages 125, 161, 166, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel

Greenhouse gases, pages 266-269, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel

Greenhouse gases, pages 275, 280, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel

OCR

Greenhouse gases, pages 145, 146, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR

Greenhouse gases, pages 243, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR

Greenhouse gases, pages 97, 98, Gateway GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR

Greenhouse gases/greenhouse effect, pages 256-257, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR