Paper Three Flashcards
Biosphere
Living layer of the earth
Biome
Large scale ecosystem
Tundra
Grassy,shrubs, cold dry
Boreal
Lots of tree,
Non renewable
Used up and cannot be replaced
Renewable
Never run out and can be reused and made at the same pace that they are being used up
Recyclable
Provide energy from sources that can be recycled and reused
eg. Reprocessed uranium for nuclear power
Natural Gas in Europe
60% of the UK gas still comes from North Sea reserves but it comes by pipeline from Norway which is sold by them and large pipelines carry this oil. After 2030 oil supplies are likely to diminish and we will have to look for further energy resources
Renewable energy resources in the USA
16000 turbines in California to provide 6.9% of California total energy.
Recyclable energy in India
Organic matter like wood chips and animal dung or third into a pit which forms methane that’s collected and used to power generators in India. They’re almost 2. 5 million of these plants all across India
Landscape Scarring in china
China’s coal industry is increasing with the government encouraging the mines. Environmental groups are worried about the permanent scarring of the land
Drilling in the USA
In 2010 BP is oil rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico. This killed 11 people and oil leaked for 87 days. Three. 2 million barrels of oil were lost. It killed marine and bad life and endangered animals and killed dolphins.
BP were fined $13 billion under the USA is Cleanwater law
Deforestation because of hydroelectric power in Brazil
The Vello Montei damn is a large hydroelectric power infrastructure in Brazil 46% of energy in Brazil comes from renewable sources like HEP However this will have a large impact on the Amazon rainforest by flooding 400 km² of it and also harms animal in changes fish migration routes
