Contoh Explanation Text Global Warming

As we know now, global warming which is happening right now has a very big impact on natural
conditions, animals and humans. Well, do you know how global warming which has a particularly serious
impact on life happens? To know the process of how this phenomenon occurs, see the following
explanation.

The process starts when sunlight shines the earth where most of the heat is absorbed by the earth and a
half of it is reflected back onto the air (atmosphere). Sunshine returning to the air is trapped by gases in
the atmosphere such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, methane, water vapor, and so on. This event is
known as the greenhouse effect.

Solar radiation on the earth's atmosphere makes ozone layer get thinner and makes the sunlight which
shines the Earth become hotter. The greenhouse effect also causes the sunlight which is reflected back
onto space is reflected back into the earth. This phenomenon causes the earth continuously getting
hotter. This condition is known as global warming.

Seperti yang kita ketahui, pemanasan global yang terjadi saat ini sangat berdampak pada kondisi alam,
hewan, dan pada kita manusia. Nah, tahukah anda bagaimanakah global warming yang berdampak
sangat serius pada kehidupan itu terjadi? Untuk mengetahui process bagaimana fenomena itu terjadi,
perhatikan penjelasan berikut ini.

Proses tersebut dimulai ketika cahaya matahari yang menyinari bumi di mana sebagian panas diserap
oleh bumi dan sebagian lagi dikembalikany ke angkasa (atmosfer). Sinar matahari yang dikembalikan ke
angkasa terperangkap oleh gas-gas yang ada di atmosfer seperti gas karbon dioksida, sulfur dioksida,
metana, uap air dan lain sebagainya. Peristiwa ini dikenal dengan istilah efek rumah kaca.

Radiasi sinar matahari di atmosfer bumi menyebabkan lapisan ozon semakin menipis dan ini membuat
sinar matahari yang menyinari bumi semakin panas. Efek rumah kaca juga menyebabkan sinar matahari
yang kembali ke angkasa dipantulkan kembali ke bumi. Hal ini yang menyebabkan bumi semakin lama
semakin panas. Kondisi inilah yang dikenal dengan istilah global warming.

Contoh Explanation Text about Rainbow

Almost everyone very likes a natural phenomenon called the rainbow. To the extent that a lot of people
create an art work like song, cake, and the other work after seeing the beautiful colors of the rainbow.
But, do you know how the phenomenon of the appearance of the rainbow happens?

Rainbow occurs because of the refraction of light. The sunlight that shines in between the rain drops is
refracted by the rain drops. This process separates the white light of the sunlight into a spectrum of
different colors.

The spectrum of colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Or what we often
memorize as the abbreviation "ROY G BIV / mejikuhibiniu.” Then the colors reflect in the back drops of
rain, resulting the light which looks arched and becomes the rainbow.

Hampir semua orang sangat menyukai sebuah fenomena alam yang disebut dengan pelangi. Sampai-
sampai banyak sekali orang yang menciptakan sebuah karya seperti lagu, cake, pakaian dan lainnya
setelah melihat warna cantik pelangi tersebut. Namun tahukah anda bagai mana fenomena munculnya
pelangi itu terjadi?

Pelangi terjadi karena pembiasan cahaya. Cahaya matahari yang bersinar di antara tetes hujan dibiaskan
oleh tetes hujan tersebut. Proses pembiasan tersebut memisahkan cahaya putih sinar matahari menjadi
beberapa spektrum warna yang berbeda.

Warna spektrum tersebut adalah warna merah, jingga, kuning, hijau, biru, nila, ungu. Atau yang sering
kita hafal dengan singkatan "mejikuhibiniu". Kemudian warna-warna itu memantul di belakang tetes
hujan, yang akibatnya cahaya tampak melengkung dan menjadi pelangi.

How does Rain Happen?

Rain is the primary source of fresh water for most areas of the world, providing suitable conditions
for diverse ecosystems, as well as water for hydroelectric power plants and crop irrigation.
The phenomenon of rain is actually a water circle. The concept of the water cycle involves the sun
heating the Earth’s surface water and causing the surface water to evaporate. The water vapor rises
into the Earth’s atmosphere. The water in the atmosphere cools and condenses into liquid droplets.
The droplets grow until they are heavy and fall to the earth as precipitation which can be in the form
of rain or snow.
However, not all rain reaches the surface. Some evaporates while falling through dry air. This is
called virga, a phenomenon which is often seen in hot, dry desert regions

Why Seawater is Salty?

Most of our planet’s surface is covered in water – salt water. The oceans that support so much of
Earth’s life are around 3.5% sodium chloride – 50 million billion tonnes of salt.

But where does it come from? While some of it comes from volcanic vents or rocks on the seabed,
most of it is actually from the land around us. Every time it rains, tiny amounts of mineral salts are
washed into rivers, which eventually flow into the sea.

The salt in rivers is less than 1/200th the amount usually found in seawater. It becomes more
concentrated in the ocean, as the Sun’s heat causes water from the surface to evaporate, leaving
the salt behind. Extra salt added every year from rivers is balanced by salt which returns to the sea
floor.

But salinity isn’t the same everywhere. Towards the poles, water is not as salty because it’s diluted
by melting ice, while the extra heat in the tropics makes water there saltier – and denser.

Terjemahan

Mengapa Air Laut Asin?

Sebagian besar permukaan planet kita tertutup air – air garam. Lautan yang mendukung begitu
banyak kehidupan bumi adalah sekitar 3,5% natrium klorida – 50 juta miliar ton garam.

Tapi dari mana asalnya? Meskipun sebagian datang dari ventilasi vulkanik atau batuan di dasar laut,
sebagian besar adalah benar-benar berasal dari tanah di sekitar kita. Setiap kali hujan, sejumlah
kecil garam mineral dicuci ke sungai, yang akhirnya mengalir ke laut.

Garam di sungai kurang dari 1/200 jumlah biasanya ditemukan dalam air laut. Hal itu menjadi lebih
terkonsentrasi di laut, ketika panas matahari menyebabkan air dari permukaan menguap,
meninggalkan garam di belakang. Garam tambahan ditambahkan setiap tahun dari sungai diimbangi
oleh garam yang kembali ke dasar laut.

Tapi salinitas tidak sama di mana-mana. Ke arah kutub, air tidak asin karena itu diencerkan dengan
pencairan es, sementara panas tambahan di daerah tropis membuat air di sana lebih asin – dan
lebih padat.