Module 4 - F322

Question 1

Greenhouse effect

Answer 1

Is the process in which the absorption and subsequent emission of infrared radiation by atmospheric gases warms the lower atmosphere and the planet’s surface.

Question 2

Troposphere

Answer 2

Is the lowest layer of the Earth’s atmosphere, extending from the Earth’s surface up to about 7Km and to about 20Km.

Question 3

Stratosphere

Answer 3

Is the second layer of the Earth’s atmosphere, containing the ozone layer, about 10Km to 50Km above the Earth’s surface.

Question 4

Adsorption

Answer 4

Is the process that occurs when a gas, liquid or solute is held to the surface of a solid or, more rarely, a liquid.