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;
20 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
The movement of thermal energy through liquids and gases.
|
convection
|
|
|
The transfer of thermal energy by direct contact between objects.
|
conduction
|
|
|
Thermal energy that travels in waves and can pass through empty space as well as some objects.
|
radiation
|
|
|
Fossil Fuels formed from living organisms.
|
coal, oil and natural gas
|
|
|
Greenhouse Effect
|
specific gases in the atmosphere (expecially water and carbon dioxide)that absorb the heat that is leaving the planet and thereby keeps Earth warmer.
|
|
|
Global Climate
|
Earth's pattern of temperature and precipitation.
|
|
|
Feedback Loops
|
one way that parts of a system influence each other. Reinforcing feedback loops can cause radical change in ecosystems.
|
|
|
Law of Conservation of Energy
|
Energy always remains constant in amount. Energy is neither created nor destroyed.
|
|
|
Two ways that energy sources are classified as are:
|
Renewable energy and Nonrenewables energy
|
|
|
Energy sources that exist in fixed amounts are:
|
Nonrenewable energy
|
|
|
Energy sources that can be replenished through natural, or resource managemnet practices are:
|
Renewable energy sources
|
|
|
Four nonrenewable Energy Sources are:
|
1. Crude Oil
2. Conventional Natural Gas 3. Coal 4. Nuclear Fission from uranium |
|
|
Six Renewable Energy Sources:
|
Geotehrmal Energy
2. Solar Energy 3. Wind Energy 4. Hydropower 5. Biomass-plant material and wastes. 6. Hydrogen |
|
|
Greenhouse Gases
|
Gases in the Earth's lower atmosphere that trap heat.
|
|
|
Examples of Greenhouse Gases
|
1. Carbon Dioxide,
2. Chlorlofluoro-carbons, 3. ozone 4. methane 5. water vapor 6. nitrous oixide |
|
|
Kyoto Protocol
|
Agreement amongst some nations to scale back the production of greehouse gases.
|
|
|
Carbon Zero Initiative (Also know as The Conservation Fund's Carbon Sequestration Program
|
A way for individuals and business to offset their emissions by planting trees to absorb atmospheric carbon.
|
|
|
Carbon Zero Calculator
(Carbon Footprint calculator) |
An online tool to estimate your carbon emissions and offset the usage by contributing to the planting of trees.
|
|
|
Energy Efficiency
|
how much value we get from each amount of fuel that we consure.
|
|
|
Thermal Conversion Process
|
The use of heat and pressure in a "digester" that can takes slaugherhouse waste and other organic material to produce oil
|
