| Term | Definition |
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| greenhouse gases | gases that absorb solar radiation; responsible for the greenhouse effect; including carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, and the fluorocarbons(CFC's). |
| greenhouse effect | the GHG's let solar radiation in to heat the earth during the day, and also preven some radation escaping back to space at night. This traps heat close to the earth. |
| global warming potential | a measure of how effectively a specific gas traps heat and warms the athmosphere. |
| carbon sink | in ecology, a natural environment that absorbs and stores carbon dioxide some of which come from man-made sources |
| water vapour | molecules of moisture in the air. one of the greenhouse gasses. cannot be controlled by people, its natural. |
| carbon dioxide | next to water vapour its one of the most GHG's, the main man made source is the burning of fossil fuels. |
| methane | produced by decaying organisims, CH4, common at landfills |
| nitrous oxide | N2O, comes from chemical fertilizers and automobile exhaust ( hot gass coming out of the till of cars) |
| ozone | O3,In the statosphere, it absorbs ultraviolet rays, thereby preventing them from reaching the surface of the earth, it's being destroyed by CFC's (chloroflurocarbons) |
| chloroflourocarbons | CFC's,break apart ozone molecules in the upper athmosphere, has created huge holes in the ozone layer over the North & south Poles |
| fossil fuels | formed from the dead bodies of plants and animals deep underground over a very long period (oil, coal, or natural gas); give of alot of CO2 when they burn. |
| deforestation | to divest or clear of forests or trees; add to the green house effect because trees wont be giving out oxigen and absorbing carbon dioxide . |
| agriculture | farming;adds GHG's threw fertilizers and waste from livestock |
| industry | factories where goods are manufactured; they burn alot of fuel that adds GHG's to the athmosphere |
| population growth | increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state |
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