Unit 7 · Energy in Daily Life

The Greenhouse Presentation

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Science and Technology, Class 8

The Greenhouse

Glass traps heat · The earth is one too · Effects and uses

What We Will Learn Today

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What a greenhouse is and what it is built from

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How the glass traps the heat inside

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Why the earth itself is called a greenhouse

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The effects and the uses of the greenhouse effect

The process
How the Heat Gets Stuck Inside
ENTERS
Radiation from the sun passes in through the glass or the transparent plastic.
ABSORBED
The soil and the plants inside absorb some of that energy.
BLOCKED
The radiation sent back is of long wavelength and cannot pass through the glass.
WARMS
It turns into heat energy, collects inside, and the temperature rises.

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Presenter notes: Today we learn what a greenhouse is, how heat gets trapped inside it, and what the effects and benefits of that trapping are.