Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
15 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
High Pressure (Weather)
|
Good weather
|
|
|
Low Pressure (Weather)
|
Bad weather, possible precipitation
|
|
|
Fronts (weather)
|
Leading edge of air masses with different density, leads to a change in weather
|
|
|
Cold Front (weather)
|
wedges itself under warmer air and generally creates tubulence and precipitation ahead of and behind the front
|
|
|
Warm Front (weather)
|
Rainfall increases as it approaches, but clears as the front passes
|
|
|
Biodiesel
|
Processed fuel from biological sources, burns much more cleanly that traditional diesel
Ex: Veg oil |
|
|
Bio mass
|
Living or recently living biological material that may be burnt as fuel
|
|
|
Diesel
|
A fractional distillate of petroleum, releases more enrgy than gasoline as well as producing more green house gases
|
|
|
Green Power
|
Ex: Anaerobic digestion, can produce biogas which is a mixture of methane and CO2 which can be used as fuel
Ex: wind, hydro, solar power |
|
|
Geothermal Power
|
Uses the earths heat and harnesses it, usually by using a turbine that spins which creates electricity
|
|
|
Natural Gas
|
Methane from fossil fuels
|
|
|
Green House Effect
|
Absorption on infrared red radiation by green house gases (methane, CO2, etc) heats the earths surface as opposed to allowing it to escape the atmosphere
|
|
|
Autotrophs
|
Organisms capable of converting inorganic materials to energy sources (food)
Ex: Photosynthetic plants, algae |
|
|
Heterotrophs
|
Consume autotrophs
|
|
|
Biogeochemical Pathway
|
Same as the nutrient cycle
|
