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5/21/14
Mrs. Weglarz
Greenhouse effect is important for multiple purposes. It is basically the suns heat being
trapped on earth. Without greenhouse effect the temperature on the surface of the earth would be
60 degrees fahrenheit lower on average. With temperature like that, it would be impossible to
sustain life. The average temperature on earth would be well below the freezing point of water.
Lastly greenhouse effect is very valuable in are life.
There are quite a few greenhouse gases. The greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane,
nitrous oxide, fluorinated gases, ozone, and water vapor. Theyre purposes are to keep us warm,
but high quantities of them could cause the overall temperature to go up. That would cause more
extreme weather. To close, there are several greenhouse gases with many purposes.
The Ozone is plenty of things. It is a greenhouse gas that occurs naturally in trace amounts
in the stratosphere. This specific greenhouse gas protects us from sun rays (or UV rays). UV rays
are CFCs, and can cause skin cancer, premature aging of the skin, eye cataracts, and immune
system damage, if they hit you.If ozone is at ground level, it would be toxic to humans. Every
spring in the stratosphere over Antarctica, atmospheric ozone is quickly destroyed by a chemical
process. As winter arrives, a vortex of winds develop around the pole and isolate the polar
stratosphere. When the temperature drops below -78*C thi clouds form made of ice, nitric acid,
and sulphuric acid mixtures. Chemical reactions on the surfaces of ice crystals in the clouds
release active forms of CFCs. Then Ozone depletion begins and the ozone hole appears. After 23 months abou 50% of the total column amount of ozone disappears. After that, next spring in
Antarctica the ozone starts to recover. In conclusion the ozone can do and be many interesting
things.
A frightening thing about global climate change is that almost half the world could die from
it. Because of greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases we could possibly die. The only people
that can cause those things are us. Lastly, I think we should be very careful with global climate
change because the results of it could be fatal.