What Causes the ‘Greenhouse Effect’ on Earth?

Imagine Earth is like a cake in an oven. The sun is the heat from the oven, and the greenhouse gases are like the lid on top of the cake, they trap some of that heat so Earth stays warm enough for life to grow. If we add more ingredients (like cars or factories), it gets hotter inside the oven, and our planet warms up.

What Happens When There’s More Heat?

If there are too many greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide or methane, they trap even more heat. This makes the Earth feel like a warm oven, not just for cake, but for people and animals too.

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  1. A hot oven traps heat inside it, just like greenhouse gases trap heat around Earth.
  2. When you wear a blanket at night, it keeps your body warm, that’s how greenhouse gases keep the planet warm.
  3. If there are too many cars and factories burning fuel, they add more carbon dioxide, which makes the ‘oven’ hotter.

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