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BCN1582 Exam 2 Questions And100% Correct Answers
What is the greatest carbon flux? - Answer Atmosphere to vegetation, ocean to
atmosphere
What is the greenhouse effect? - Answer the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's
lower atmosphere, and the reradiation of these gases
Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) - Answer Mitigation technology
What is the primary greenhouse gas? - Answer carbon dioxide
Fuel switching - Answer Switch from soft coal with a high sulfur content to low sulfur
coal
carbon sequestration - Answer a natural or artificial process by which carbon dioxide is
removed from the atmosphere and stored in solid or liquid form.
Biomass - Answer the total mass of organisms in a given area or volume.
renewables - Answer Energy converted from a flux of solar energy rather than an
energy store
Nuclear fission - Answer A nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into
smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
Nuclear fusion - Answer a nuclear reaction in which atomic nuclei of low atomic number
fuse to form a heavier nucleus with the release of energy.
geo-engineering - Answer (climate engineering) the deliberate and large-scale
intervention in the Earth's climatic system with the aim of limiting adverse climate
change
e.x. send mirrors into space to reflect some of the sun's radiation
Stabilization wedges - Answer an existing technology or societal practice implemented
to counteract the current rise in CO2 emissions and achieve stabilization (tech groups)
Two pathways of IPCC - Answer Stabilize global temperature at or just below 1.5c, or
temporarily exceed that temperature and come back down
carbon neutrality - Answer Amount of carbon entering the atmosphere must equal the
amount that is removed
Environmental feasibility - Answer Whether sufficient natural systems and resources are
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