Sinks vs Sources
Processes that produce CO2
What is a source?
Three of the Carbon pathways
What are...?
Two types of natrual resources classified based on regeneration.
What is renewable and nonrenewable.
A process of separating crude oil into usable component parts
What is Fractional Distillation?
A measure of acidity or basicity
What is pH?
Processes that take in or store CO2
What is a sink?
The breakdown of dead organic matter that releases nutrients and carbon back into the soil or atmosphere
What is decomposition?
Coal, oil, and natural gas collectively
What are fossil fuels?
The two main elements found in crude oil and refining products.
What is carbon and hydrogen or hydrocarbons?
2000 trillion in correct scientific notation.
What is 2.0 x 1015?
Annual tree growth of the Northern Hemisphere
sink or source?
What is a sink?
this often refers to gas exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean surface
What is difusion?
The conditions under which crude oil is naturally made in the Earth.
What is...
high temperatures and pressures under ground over a long period of time?
A property utilized to separate crude oil into its component parts.
What is differences in boiling points?
Full names of energy use units
What is British Thermal Unit and Kilowatt Hour.
Burning biomass
sink or source
What is a source?
Removes CO2 from the atmosphere and converts it into organic matter
What is photosynthesis?
What crude oil is made of
What are dead plants and animals?
A process of creating smaller carbon chain products from larger carbon chains.
What is cracking?
The largest end use consumption source for Ohio.
What is petroleum?
Two most common forms of Carbon that move through the cycle
What are CO2 and CH4?
organisms release energy from "food," returning CO2 back into the atmosphere
What is respiration?
Name one renewable and one non renewable resource of Ohio.
What is...
A use of shorter chained carbons due to high flammability
What are fuels?
The result of increased CO2 in water.
What is higher acidity or lower pH?