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EGEE 101 Exam 3 terms 2025 Questions and Answers emission trading - ....ANSWER ...-bringing new parts to less efficient countries to increase efficiency. it is paid for and then claimed for credit of emission reduction. biomass - ....ANSWER ...-replanting forests to offset Carbon sinking. advantages: increased employment, increased security of energy, increased fossil fuel lifetime, net carbon dioxide neutral, less pollution. methane - ....ANSWER ...-contributes to increased concentration in atmosphere. capture the methane for use instead of allowing leaks. livestock and landfills contribute the most leakage. sequestration - ....ANSWER ...-locking away CO2 to keep it from entering the atmosphere. storage of CO2: ocean, minerals, depleted oil and gas wells, brine fields, coal fields, carbon sinks. power plants: air mixed with nitrogen... we want the oxygen but it's costly to separate. sequestration: the ocean - ....ANSWER ...-need more plankton to fertilize and trap CO2 as they decay for carbon cycle. this is a carbon sink, there's more carbon in the ocean than in the atmosphere. 3 processes of ocean sequestration - ....ANSWER ...-1. carbon sink through fertilization 2. inject CO2 into ocean to form hydrates 3. inject CO2 into bottom of ocean to form CO2 underwater lake. …FOR STUDENTS ONLY…©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED… 1