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F’22 CLIMATE(etc) 105 Lecture 9 Community Quiz w/ answers Name:_________________________________________________________________________ Methane vs. Carbon Dioxide Why is a methane (CH 4 ) molecule 20 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than a molecule of carbon dioxide (CO 2 )? CH 4 has a higher concentration in the atmosphere than CO 2 . [not correct: the reason methane is more potent is related to its low concentration] Earthlight is brighter in the part of the spectrum where CH 4 absorbs than it is where CO 2 absorbs, so there’s more Earthlight getting absorbed. [not correct: reverse the role of methane and carbon dioxide to make this statement correct] CH 4 is absorbing in a relatively transparent part of the Earthlight spectrum, while CO 2 absorbs in a part that is already heavily absorbed by natural CO 2 . [correct: carbon dioxide is experiencing radiative saturation, while methane is not.] CH 4 , with 5 atoms, has many more vibrational modes than does CO 2 , with only 3 atoms. [not correct: it’s not the number of modes, it’s whether the atmospheric absorption is saturated at a wavenumber corresponding to a given mode transition] After about 12 years, O 2 in the atmosphere oxidizes methane, and each molecule of CH 4 makes 20 molecules of CO 2 . [not correct: while the first part is true, methane is oxidized on average after 12 years, the second part isn’t. Each molecule of methane has only one carbon atom, and so makes only one molecule of carbon dioxide, not 20.]
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