Ucar: Learn: The Greenhouse Effect Activity

Publisher

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Activity

Ucar: Learn: The Greenhouse Effect

Curated by ACT

A detailed overview of the greenhouse effect, with explanations about Earth's atmosphere gases referred to as greenhouse gases, and the factors that influence the heat-trapping ability of a greenhouse. All information is reinforced through pictures, graphs, and learning activities. Learning activities give background, procedure, and assessment ideas.

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Concepts

air pollution, albedo, carbon dioxide, electromagnetic spectrum, global warming, greenhouse gases, insulators, methane, radiant energy, radiation, solar radiation, water vapor

Additional Tags

atmosphere, atmospheric gases, environment, greenhouse, greenhouse effect, infrared, model, nitrous oxide, science activities, ultraviolet

Classroom Considerations

Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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