Key Words (resource Management) Flashcards

(16 cards)

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Migratory

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Moving from place to place, wandering

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Carbon footprint

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Toatal carbon dioxide emissions produced by an individual, group, or location.

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Residential

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Relating to an area where people live

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Greenhouse gas

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Gases such carbon dioxide, meathane and,nitrous oxide, water vapour, and the ozone in the atmosphere which involved the greeenhouse effect.

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5
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Intermittent

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Occurring at irregular intervals, not continuous or steady

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Megawatt

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A unit of power equal to one million watts

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Gigawatt

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A unit of power equal to one billion watta

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Annually

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Yearly

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Abundant

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More than enough, plentiful

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Subsidise

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To give money to somebody or organisation, to help pay for something (given by the government)

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Household

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A person or group of people living in the same home

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12
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Onshore

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On the land

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Offshore

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In the sea

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Compensation

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Something given to someone to make up for a loss (often money.is given)

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Rural

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Countryside

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Decibel

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A unit that compares the intensities of different sounds