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Define in English and give synonyms and at least one example for these

terms. Translate main terms.


1. Fossil
They are organic remains of animals and plants found in the strata of
sedimentary rocks, and serve to date their ages. vestige, remainder,
residue. Example: They have been looking for dinosaur fossils in this
desert.

2. Fuel
Fuel is a substance such as coal, oil, or petrol that is burned to provide
heat or power. They ran out of fuel. industrial research into cleaner fuels.
petrol, oil, gas [US, Canadian, New Zealand], gasoline [US]

3. Hydrocarbon
Any organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen, such as
the alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, terpenes, and arenes.

4. Exhaust gas
The first definition of exhaust in the dictionary is to drain energy from; to
tire. Other definition of exhaust is to deprive of resources, etc. The
exhaust is completely exhausted as well; to spend; consumption.

5. Emission
Greenhouse gas emission, a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and
emits radiation within the atmosphere, that is, flue gases, flue gases that
are produced as a result of the combustion of a fuel.

6. Absorption
Absorption is also the passage of a gas, fluid, drug, etc., through the
mucous membranes or the skin.

7. Sequestration
It is the act of kidnapping or state of kidnapping. Other definition of
kidnapping is the seizure of property.

8. Compress
The first definition of compress in the dictionary is to compress or
compact into less space; condense. Other definition of compress is to
apply a compression program so that it takes up less space.
9. Infrastructure
The infrastructure is a set of interconnected structural elements that
provide the framework to support the entire structure. The term is often
used in a very abstract way. For example, computer engineering tools
are sometimes described as part of the infrastructure of a development
environment, and the term infrastructure capital in economics may be too
broad, as it includes the clothing to the system of channels that extend
through of a continent. We must also weigh the notion of robustness in a
fluid environment.

10. Economics
Economic means concerned with the organization of the money,
industry, and trade of a country, region, or society.
...Poland's radical economic reforms. The pace of economic growth is
picking up. financial, business, trade, industrial Más sinónimos de
economic

Answer the questions. Read p.131.Interviewer and Dave. P 103


Geoengineering.
1. Does the petrol industry represent solutions for today’s live?
I think so since we use it daily to transport ourselves with our vehicles and it
is also used by industries that depend on them
2. Does the petrol industry represent problems?
Yes, because it causes a lot of pollution to the environment.

3. Which ones?
 Contaminants gasses emissions to the atmosphere like CO2.
 The global warming.
 Pollutes the ocean.
 Contaminates life.

4. What does it mean to compress CO2 gas?


When CO2 is compressed it means that the volume is smaller.
5. Where do companies place CO2, when using carbon sequestration
method?
After the CO2 compresses it is pumped into an aging oil and gas field, and it
stays there permanently.

6. What needs to be done so that the method of carbon sequestration


is widely used?
The carbon sequestration method also known as hiding carbon method
needs to be proved as a reliable business first before going widely.
7. What is the greenhouse effect?
The greenhouse effect is the way in which heat is trapped close to
Earth's surface by “greenhouse gases.” These heat-trapping gases can
be thought of as a blanket wrapped around Earth, keeping the planet
toastier than it would be without them.
8. What is a parabolic solar collector?
A parabolic-trough collector (PTC) is a linear-focus solar collector, basically
composed of a parabolic-trough-shaped concentrator that reflects direct
solar radiation onto a receiver or absorber tube located in the focal line of
the parabola

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