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- 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:
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1. Crude Oil
2. Conventional Natural Gas
3. Coal
4. Nuclear Fission from uranium - Six Renewable Energy Sources:
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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
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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.
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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