Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 2 pptx
Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 2 pptx
... and measures 19 ch1.064 copy 05/03 /20 06 3 :27 PM Page 19 radiation (and then re-radiate it down and up) change a planet’s average radiative temperature (this it what makes Venus too hot and Mars ... N. And it is even less appreci- ated that the peaks of noon summer insolation are virtually identical in Jakarta (Indonesia’s capital, located at 6° S), and Edmonton (Alberta’s capital, nearly...
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Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 3 pptx
... guide 34 North American plate Caribbean plate South American plate Cocos plate Pacific plate Antarctic plate Philippine plate Australian plate Indian plate Eurasian plate Arabian plate African plate Nazca plate Scotia ... Florida and the East Coast. Their Asian counterparts (typhoons) originate above very warm Pacific waters near the Mariannas, move westward and repeatedly affect large parts...
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Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 7 pptx
... year of systematic measurements at two American observatories, Mauna Loa in Hawaii and the South Pole (Figure 24 ). In 20 04 the Mauna Loa readings, taken as the standard indicator of the planet’s ... deficit and imports natural gas from Canada and liquefied natural gas from overseas. Natural gas now provides nearly a quarter of the world’s primary commercial energy. The best available ac...
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Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 1 ppsx
... rocket. Water stored behind a dam in order to fall on turbine blades and generate electricity is a practical example of using gravitational potential energy to a great economic advantage: nearly ... works 22 Sun and earth: solar radiation and its return 25 Air and water: media in motion 29 The earth’s heat: refashioning the planet 33 Photosynthesis: reactions and rates 38 Hetero...
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Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 4 potx
... animate to inanimate prime movers (and from biomass to fossil fuels) is yet to be completed in large parts of Asia and most of sub-Saharan Africa, where human and animal muscle (and wood and charcoal) ... (for chasing deer or antelopes) among the Paiute, Navajo, Goshute, Papago, Tarahumara, and Seri Indian tribes in the North American southwest and northern Mexico, while the Kalahari Basarwa...
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Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 5 pot
... transformed international trade into a mass-scale and truly global affair. Finally, advances in electronics have multiplied the availability of information to such an extent that any owner of an ... than 500 W) did not have a few large sails but rather many narrow blades (slats) radiating from solid or energy: a beginner’s guide 82 everyday pumping operations the wheel generated a...
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Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 6 pot
... early 1880s, and in Japan and Russia wood dominated until after World War I. Coal fueled the transition of traditional artisanal economies to modern mass manufacturing and made steam engines the ... locomotives and the entire assembly peddles non-stop between mine and power plant. Large coal barges are used on major rivers. Overseas shipments (Australia, China, Indonesia and South Africa are...
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Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 8 pps
... that the coldest state, North Dakota, has about 2. 6 times as many as does the warmest, Florida, while the Canadian values, based on 18 °C, show Vancouver has less than 3,000 and Winipeg nearly ... essential dietary amino acids. As animal proteins became more affordable, traditional legume intakes tumbled to around 1 kg in Europe and below 3 kg annually in North America and Japan. Among the...
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Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 9 pot
... take place between Venezuela and Brazil, Paraguay and Brazil, and Mozambique and South Africa. Most European countries participate in a complex trade in electricity, taking advantage of seasonally ... East, Southeast Asia, and Alaska), and the US (mainly from Algeria and Trinidad). South Korea and Taiwan are the other major Asian importers, soon to be joined by China. In comparison to lar...
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Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 10 ppt
... primary (NPP) 42 3 proteins 57–8, 63, 67, 131 2 rain acid 120 2 radiation balance of the Earth 23 , 27 –8, 31 infrared (IR) 26 , 28 solar 16, 18, 23 –9, 31, 39, 42, 85, 158, 170 ultraviolet (UV) 26 –7, ... information sharing and international co-operation, and can take advantage of various administrative, economic, and legal tools aimed at promoting the necessary adjust- ments, f...
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