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Consuming Energy Resources Flashcards

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What is accessibility?

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How easy a place is to get to

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What is biofuels?

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Any kind of fuel made from living things, or from the waste they produce

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What is biogas?

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A gas produced by the breakdown of organic matter,such as manure or sewage, in the absence of oxygen. Can be used as a biofuel

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What is bitumen?

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A very sticky form of petroleum

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What is black gold?

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A term used for oil, as it is regarded as such a valuable commodity

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What is business as usual?

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Future energy scenario that assumes that the world will continue to rely on fossil fuels as the main source of energy

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What is carbon footprint?

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A calculation of the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by a person, a country, an organisation, event or product

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What is carbon taxes?

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A tax on fossil fuels intended to discourage their use

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What is consumption?

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The utilization of a resources

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What is ecological footprint?

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The amount of land and water requires by a country to produce resources and deal with waste, measured in global hectares (gha)

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What is energy consumption?

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Energy usage

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What is energy diversification?

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Getting energy from a variety of different sources to increase energy security

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What is energy insecurity?

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Without reliable access to sufficient energy sources at an affordable price

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What is energy security?

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Having access to reliable and affordable sources of energy

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What is energy-poor?

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Lacking electricity or the income to pay for it

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What are food miles?

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The distance food travels from the producer to the consumer. The greater the distance, the more carbon dioxide is emitted

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What are fossil fuels?

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A natural fuel found underground, buried within sedimentary rock in the form of coal, oil or natural gas

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What is fracking?

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Horizontally drilling and blasting water into rock fractures under pressure in order to release oil (hydraulic fracturing)

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What is geology?

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The rock type that forms the landscape

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What is global economy?

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The world economy based on the international exchange of goods and services

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What is Greenpeace?

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An environmental campaign group

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What is Hydroelectric Power (HEP)?

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Using wave energy to drive a turbine that generated electricity

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What is industrialisation?

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Where a mainly agricultural society changes and begins to depend on manufacturing industries instead

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What is Kuznets curve?

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A hypothesis that the more developed an economy gets, the greater the priority to look after the environment becomes

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What is liquefaction?

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Converting gas into liquid

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What is non-renewable?

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Sources that finite and will eventually run out, such as oil and gas

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What is Opencast mining?

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Digging large holes in the ground to extract ores and minerals that are close to the surface

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What are Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?

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Established to regulate the global oil market, stabilise prices and ensure a fair return for its 12 member states who supply 45% of the world’s oils

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What is peak oil?

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The theoretical point at which half of the known reserves of oil in the world have been used

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What is recylable?

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Energy resources that can be recycled or reused

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What is renewable?

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A resource that does not run out and can be restored, such as wind or solar

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What is seismic imaging?

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Using sound waves bounces underground to detect rock structures containing oil and gas

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What is shale gas?

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A natural gas that is trapped underground in shale rock

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What is sustainable development?

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Meeting the need of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

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What are tar sands?

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Sediment that is mixed with oil, can be mined to extract oil to be used as fuel

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What are wind turbines?

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Convert the power of the wind into electricity

GCSE Edecel B Geography (8 decks)

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