Greenhouse Effect

Real World Example

Imagine trying to sleep at night with a heavy blanket that's trapping all your body heat. Just like that blanket keeps you warm by preventing your body heat from escaping, the Earth's atmosphere acts similarly by trapping heat from the sun, keeping the planet warm. In this analogy, your body is like the Earth, the trapped body heat is akin to the sun's heat, and the heavy blanket represents the Earth's atmosphere, especially the greenhouse gases, which prevent the heat from escaping back into space, thus warming the planet.