Study sets matching "term:plants = coal"
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Classes
Users
Has the potential to explode and releas…
Burns fossil fuels to eventually genera…
Does not release greenhouse gases into…
Uses urnaium or plutnoium to eventually…
Nuclear
Coal
nuclear
Nuclear
Has the potential to explode and releas…
Nuclear
Burns fossil fuels to eventually genera…
Coal
Boiler / Combustion Chamber
Superheater
Superheated steam
Turbine
Uses coal, natural gas, or petroleum to heat the water.
A series of pipes that transport water through the boiler as i…
Water changed to steam with temperatures as high as 1000 degre…
Provides the source of mechanical energy for the generator.
Boiler / Combustion Chamber
Uses coal, natural gas, or petroleum to heat the water.
Superheater
A series of pipes that transport water through the boiler as i…
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Coal is moved by a conveyer belt to the boiler
Boiler will boil water and steam is created
The steam pushes the blades of a turbine, turning the turbine
Turbine rotates a shaft in the generator, which produces elect…
Step 1
Coal is moved by a conveyer belt to the boiler
Step 2
Boiler will boil water and steam is created
Boiler / Combustion Chamber
Superheater
Superheated steam
Turbine
Uses coal, natural gas, or petroleum to heat the water.
A series of pipes that transport water through the boiler as i…
Water changed to steam with temperatures as high as 1000 degre…
Provides the source of mechanical energy for the generator.
Boiler / Combustion Chamber
Uses coal, natural gas, or petroleum to heat the water.
Superheater
A series of pipes that transport water through the boiler as i…
the sun produces what for the plants
what happens at the sun for the first a…
photosynthesis in plants
what happens after the sugars made in p…
photosynthesis
nuclear energy from the sun
creating sugars
The plant dies and turn in to cellulose
the sun produces what for the plants
photosynthesis
what happens at the sun for the first a…
nuclear energy from the sun
Conveyer Belt
Pulveriser
Boiler (Furnace)
Turbine
Transports coal into the plant
Where the coal is crushed into a fine powder
The heat from the coal boils the water and turns it into steam
The pressure from the steam turns the blades which allow it to…
Conveyer Belt
Transports coal into the plant
Pulveriser
Where the coal is crushed into a fine powder
steam
generator
electricity
water
Step 1: burning coal heats water to ____
Step 2: pressurized steam spins turbine blades connected to a…
Step 3: generator turns magnets inside wire coils to produce _…
Step 4: steam cooled to _____ and recycled to be heated again
steam
Step 1: burning coal heats water to ____
generator
Step 2: pressurized steam spins turbine blades connected to a…
2 equations for sun>coal power plant
Photosynthesis
Explain Carbon
7 forms of energy
1) Photosynthesis 2) C+O2=>CO2
6CO2+6H2O=Solar Energy>C6H12O6+6O2
1)carbon was bonded with 2 oxygens in the CO2 form... 2)CO2 absor…
1)Nuclear Fussion(sun) 2)Radiant(sun hit plant) 3)chemical(pho…
2 equations for sun>coal power plant
1) Photosynthesis 2) C+O2=>CO2
Photosynthesis
6CO2+6H2O=Solar Energy>C6H12O6+6O2
Two equations for "Sun to Coal Power pl…
Photosynthesis
Coal Combustion
How is glucose made
Photosynthesis, Coal Combustion
6CO2 + 6H2O + light = C6H12O6 + 6O2
C + O2 = CO2 + H2O
The CO2 is absorbed and the bonds are broken and reformed crea…
Two equations for "Sun to Coal Power pl…
Photosynthesis, Coal Combustion
Photosynthesis
6CO2 + 6H2O + light = C6H12O6 + 6O2
2 equations fir sun to coal power plant
Photosynthesis
Coal Combustion
Carbon Story 1
photosynthesis and coal combustion
6CO + 6H2O + Light -> C6H12O6 + 6O
C + O -> CO + H2O
Millions of years ago a carbon and 2 oxygens attached and crea…
2 equations fir sun to coal power plant
photosynthesis and coal combustion
Photosynthesis
6CO + 6H2O + Light -> C6H12O6 + 6O
What evidence is there that the O'Higgi…
How might global warming affect cities…
What is causing a decline in Antarctica…
What has analysis of ice cores revealed…
It has retreated nine miles in the past 100 years because of m…
Cities may face long-term water shortages as the amount of wat…
Chinstraps feed primarily on a type of krill that grows beneat…
A sudden rise in greenhouse gas levels coincides with the star…
What evidence is there that the O'Higgi…
It has retreated nine miles in the past 100 years because of m…
How might global warming affect cities…
Cities may face long-term water shortages as the amount of wat…
What were the conditions like in the La…
What was the Charophyceae?
What are bryophytes?
What is distinctive about liverworts?
Tropical climate - coal laid down
A fresh water green algae, closest relatives of land plants
Small flowerless green plants, comprising of mosses and liverw…
They have pores on their surface but lack stomata
What were the conditions like in the La…
Tropical climate - coal laid down
What was the Charophyceae?
A fresh water green algae, closest relatives of land plants
GW definition
GW layer
GW gas (cause)
GW Effects
Earth's average temperatures are increasing
troposphere
CO2 (carbon dioxide)
melting ice caps and glaciers, rising sea level, erratic weath…
GW definition
Earth's average temperatures are increasing
GW layer
troposphere
Coal
Coal Seam
Coalification
Rank
A black, shiny rock made from compressed plant remains
A band, or layer of coal usually 1-2 metres thick
The diagenetic process by which peat is turned into coal by th…
A term describing the percentage of carbon in coal
Coal
A black, shiny rock made from compressed plant remains
Coal Seam
A band, or layer of coal usually 1-2 metres thick
topsoil
dragline
reclamation
conveyer
soil that is rich and good for growing crops
machine that removes the overburden to expose the coal
process that returns the land to the way it was before mining…
moving belt that transports large volumes of material
topsoil
soil that is rich and good for growing crops
dragline
machine that removes the overburden to expose the coal
Fossil Fuels
Hydrocarbons
Top 3 countries with the largest coal r…
Top 3 countries in the production & con…
Decayed remnants of organisms formed from long term exposure t…
They are derived from living matter that is transformed by bio…
1. China... 2. United States... 3. India
1. China... 2. United States... 3. India
Fossil Fuels
Decayed remnants of organisms formed from long term exposure t…
Hydrocarbons
They are derived from living matter that is transformed by bio…
non renewable
Description of coal
Pros of coal
Cons of coal
Is coal renewable or non renewable
This is formed by remains of plants from many years ago. It ta…
Low cost fuel, clean coal tech is possible, mature tech
High intial cost, global warming, long construction
non renewable
Is coal renewable or non renewable
Description of coal
This is formed by remains of plants from many years ago. It ta…
The layering of plants
Sulfur Dioxide
Yes you can burn more to increase deman…
It produces a lot of energy
How coal is made
A pollutant produced by coal
Can you burn more energy to decrease demand?
How much energy does coal produce?
The layering of plants
How coal is made
Sulfur Dioxide
A pollutant produced by coal
Coal
Coal Seam
Coalification
Rank
A black, shiny rock made from compressed plant remains
A band, or layer of coal usually 1-2 metres thick
The diagenetic process by which peat is turned into coal by th…
A term describing the percentage of carbon in coal
Coal
A black, shiny rock made from compressed plant remains
Coal Seam
A band, or layer of coal usually 1-2 metres thick
Plant/animal matter
Peat
Lignite
Subbituminous
Coal is formed from partially decomposed ________ which is tur…
Partially decayed plant material... -Low carbon content... -Can be b…
Soft coal... -Crumbles... -Low carbon content ... -Not efficient for bu…
Has a High sulfur content ... -Has yellow streaks in the coal tha…
Plant/animal matter
Coal is formed from partially decomposed ________ which is tur…
Peat
Partially decayed plant material... -Low carbon content... -Can be b…
acid rain
black lung disease
carbon cycle
gasification
Rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industr…
lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust
Carbon Sinks: plant matter, terrestrial biosphere, oceans (she…
the process of converting into gas
acid rain
Rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industr…
black lung disease
lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust
Where does coal come from?
How is coal formed?
Coal rank
What happens as coal rank increases?
Land plants
-Coalification ... -Land plants dies but doesn't rot, and is buri…
1. Peat (lowest energy per mass)... 2. Lignite (first type of tru…
-Increase in carbon... -Identifiable plant remains disappear ... -En…
Where does coal come from?
Land plants
How is coal formed?
-Coalification ... -Land plants dies but doesn't rot, and is buri…
A mine
A barrage
Vegetation
Immaterial
A large hole or tunnel in the ground from which people take co…
A lot of criticisms, complaints, or questions directed at one…
Plants and trees
Not important or relevant
A mine
A large hole or tunnel in the ground from which people take co…
A barrage
A lot of criticisms, complaints, or questions directed at one…