How do greenhouse gases affect the climate? Explore the atmosphere during the ice age and today. What happens when you add clouds? Change the greenhouse gas concentration and see how the temperature changes. Then compare to the effect of glass panes. Zoom in and see how light interacts with molecules. Do all atmospheric gases contribute to the greenhouse effect?

Concepts

climate

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Additional Tags

greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas, phet: university of colorado: the greenhouse effect

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)