BSL Glossary -
Environmental Science curriculum terms

Theme 3: Energy Resources and Sustainability

A to Z

Subject categories

Contact action (pesticide) Degradability Embodied energy Field margins Insolation Organochlorines Organophosphate pesticide Aquaculture Long lining Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) Overfishing
Plum pudding model Nuclear model of the atom Relative charge Subatomic particles
Cement Concrete High Thermal mass building materials lime (building material) Limecrete limestone Rammed earth sand (building material)
Average global temperature Carbon neutrality Carbon off-setting Carbon sink Food production capacity Global warming
Active traffic management (ATM) Cement Compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) Concrete Embodied energy LED (Light emitting diode) lime (building material) Limecrete limestone Rammed earth sand (building material) Smart motorways/ Active traffic management (ATM) Combined heat and power (CHP) station Hydrodynamics Kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) Pantograph
Directional drilling Embodied energy Energy density Energy resources Fuel Horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) High Thermal mass building materials Hydraulic fracturing Hydrogen economy In-stream turbines Laser fusion Nuclear fission Nuclear fuel Nuclear fusion Oil shales Photovoltaic (PV) Plutonium reactors Power to gas systems (P2G) Primary fuel Primary oil recovery Secondary fuel Secondary oil recovery Tar sands Tertiary oil recovery Thorium reactor Toroidal reactor Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) Vehicle to grid system (V2G) Hydrodynamics Kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) Pantograph Photothermal
Concentrating solar power (CSP) with thermal storage Insolation Photovoltaic (PV) Photothermal Barrage In-stream turbines Tidal barrage Tidal lagoon Wave power
High Thermal mass building materials Power to gas systems (P2G) Vehicle to grid system (V2G)
Directional drilling Primary oil recovery Secondary oil recovery Tertiary oil recovery
Dose Hazard Random Risk Risk:benefit analysis Tracer Irradiation
Bioaccumulation Biomagnification Contact action (pesticide) Organochlorines Organophosphate pesticide
Insolation Magnetosphere (of Earth)
Bioaccumulation Biomagnification Contact action (pesticide) Chemical Contamination Dose Encapsulation Organochlorines Organophosphate pesticide Tracer Hazard Particulates Random Risk Risk:benefit analysis Synergism Irradiation Degradability Active traffic management (ATM) Aerodynamics Constant descent angle Reverse thrusters Smart motorways/ Active traffic management (ATM)
Latent heat Particle model Sublimate
Active traffic management (ATM) Aerodynamics Aquaculture Aquifer Aquifer recharge Constant descent angle Deforestation Degradability Embodied energy Energy density Field margins Horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) Hydraulic fracturing Hydrogen economy Long lining Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) Model Nuclear fission Nuclear fusion Oil shales Overfishing Plutonium reactors Potable Water Reverse thrusters Secondary fuel Smart motorways/ Active traffic management (ATM) Sustainability Sustainable Thorium reactor Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) Biocapacity Ecological footprint Hydrodynamics Kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) Pantograph
Aquifer Aquifer recharge Desalination - removal of water from seawater Desalination - distillation of seawater Potable Water Reverse osmosis
Carbon sink Insolation Magnetosphere (of Earth)
Sonograms
Diffuse reflection Nanometre (nm) Spectrum Wavefront

A to Z of Environmental Science Terms

Active traffic management (ATM) Aerodynamics Aquaculture Aquifer Aquifer recharge Average global temperature
Barrage Bioaccumulation Biocapacity Biomagnification
Carbon neutrality Carbon off-setting Carbon sink Cement Combined heat and power (CHP) station Compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) Concentrating solar power (CSP) with thermal storage Concrete Constant descent angle Contact action (pesticide) Chemical Contamination
Deforestation Degradability Desalination - removal of water from seawater Desalination - distillation of seawater Diffuse reflection Directional drilling Dose
Ecological footprint Embodied energy Encapsulation Energy density Energy resources
Field margins Food production capacity Fuel
Global warming
Hazard High Thermal mass building materials Horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) Hydraulic fracturing Hydrodynamics Hydrogen economy
Insolation In-stream turbines Irradiation
Kinetic energy recovery system (KERS)
Laser fusion Latent heat LED (Light emitting diode) Lime (building material) Limecrete Limestone Long lining
Magnetosphere (of Earth) Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) Model
Nanometre (nm) Nuclear fission Nuclear fuel Nuclear fusion Nuclear model of the atom
Oil shales Organochlorines Organophosphate pesticide Overfishing
Pantograph Particle model Particulates Photothermal Photovoltaic (PV) Plum pudding model Plutonium reactors Potable Water Power to gas systems (P2G) Primary fuel Primary oil recovery
Rammed earth Random Relative charge Reverse osmosis Reverse thrusters Risk Risk:benefit analysis
Sand (building material) Secondary fuel Secondary oil recovery Smart motorways/ Active traffic management (ATM) Sonograms Spectrum Subatomic particles Sublimate Sustainability Sustainable Synergism
Tar sands Tertiary oil recovery Thorium reactor Tidal barrage Tidal lagoon Toroidal reactor Tracer
Vehicle to grid system (V2G) Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT)
Wavefront Wave power
 

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The Royal Society