Before CE
The process that plants use to transform energy from the sun
What is photosynthesis?
The consequences of burning wood on a large scale in ancient Rome and China.
What are the first recorded environmental health problems / climate change?
The effects of excessive coal use in Industrial England.
What is bronchitis, pneumonia and heart failure / increased air pollution?
The energy transformation that occurs when operating a gas engine.
What is chemical potential energy to mechanical kinetic energy?
The consequences of producing hydrogen for fuel cells.
What is the addition of CO2 to the atmosphere?
The process that humans use to transform glucose into energy.
What is cellular respiration?
The chemical reaction that produces cement.
What is chemical potential energy to thermal energy?
The energy transformation that occurs in batteries
The energy transformation that occurs in a hydroelectric dam (x -> y -> z).
What is gravitational potential energy to mechanical kinetic energy to electrical energy?
The detriments of radioactive isotopes in nuclear reactors.
What is the potential harm to human life?
The energy transformation that occurs when burning wood.
What is chemical potential energy to thermal and radiant energy?
The amount of global CO2 emissions from producing cement (estimation)
The energy transformation that occurs in the combustion of coal (x -> y -> z).
What is chemical potential energy to thermal energy to mechanical kinetic energy?
The negative consequences of building a hydroelectric dam (name one).
What is flooding / displacing human populations / releasing methane?
The energy transformation in the ZEEP nuclear reactor (a -> b -> c).