Key Words (resource Management) Flashcards
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Migratory
Moving from place to place, wandering
Carbon footprint
Toatal carbon dioxide emissions produced by an individual, group, or location.
Residential
Relating to an area where people live
Greenhouse gas
Gases such carbon dioxide, meathane and,nitrous oxide, water vapour, and the ozone in the atmosphere which involved the greeenhouse effect.
Intermittent
Occurring at irregular intervals, not continuous or steady
Megawatt
A unit of power equal to one million watts
Gigawatt
A unit of power equal to one billion watta
Annually
Yearly
Abundant
More than enough, plentiful
Subsidise
To give money to somebody or organisation, to help pay for something (given by the government)
Household
A person or group of people living in the same home
Onshore
On the land
Offshore
In the sea
Compensation
Something given to someone to make up for a loss (often money.is given)
Rural
Countryside
Decibel
A unit that compares the intensities of different sounds