Visualizing Environmental Science

Nuclear Energy 435 © AIR PHOTO SERVICE/AFLO/Nippon News/Corbis Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Caroline Penn/© Corbis Images and many will ...

443 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Incandescent Energy use (watts) Compact fluorescent Light- emitting diode Energy Required by Diffe ...

436 CHAPTER 17 Nonrenewable Energy Resources Protective cover Lid with metallic seals Storage cask (neutron shield) Canister of ...

444 CHAPTER 18 Renewable Energy Resources PROCESS DIAGRAM Distinguish between active and passive solar heating and describe how ...

Nuclear waste receiving building Hoist building Filter house Administration building 1000 feet Rock strata Steel waste canisters ...

Winter sun Summer sun Overhang blocks summer sun. . South-facing double-paned glass allows winter light to enter directly into t ...

Fedoseyev Lev/ITAR-TASS/Landov LLC Murmansk nuclear waste site. 438 CHAPTER 17 Nonrenewable Energy Resources EnviroDiscovery A N ...

446 CHAPTER 18 Renewable Energy Resources Flow of electrons Back contact Flow of electrons Boron-enriched silicon Phosphorus- en ...

Fairbanks Valdez Prudhoe Bay CHUKCHI SEA BERING SEA Gulf of Alaska Prince William Sound ALASKA CANADA RUSSIA 0 0 100 200 300 kil ...

© Kyoungil Jeon/Getty; inset, © Fabio Bianchini/iStockphoto 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1980 Cost per kilowatt-hour (dollars) 1985 1 ...

440 CHAPTER 17 Nonrenewable Energy Resources © AIR PHOTO SERVICE/AFLO/Nippon News/Corbis © Christopher Morris/VII/Corbis contain ...

448 CHAPTER 18 Renewable Energy Resources Sunlight Pipe with heated oil Solar collector Pasquale Sorrentino/Science Source Image ...

© Kurt Rogers/San Francisco Chronicle/Corbis In November 2007, a container ship called the Cosco Busan struck a bridge tower in ...

Direct Solar Energy 449 Flow of negatively charged electrons provides electricity H 2 
2H++ 2e Air (oxygen) Fuel (hydr ...

Tyrone Turner/NG Image Collection 18 Renewable Energy Resources REDUCING HEAT LOSS T wo strategies can decrease our reliance on ...

450 CHAPTER 18 Renewable Energy Resources Jim Richardson/NG Image Collection NG Maps Global Locator Define biomass and outline ...

443 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Incandescent Energy use (watts) Compact fluorescent Light- emitting diode Energy Required by Diffe ...

Indirect Solar Energy 451 Prof. David Hall/Photo Researchers, Inc. Global Locator INDIA NG Maps levels of sulfur and ash that ar ...

444 CHAPTER 18 Renewable Energy Resources PROCESS DIAGRAM Distinguish between active and passive solar heating and describe how ...

452 CHAPTER 18 Renewable Energy Resources Wind Energy Wind results from the sun warming the atmosphere. Wind energy is an indire ...