ANTHONY TRANGreen tax - Hadley cell

Green Tax A tax placed on environmentally harmful

activities or emissions Application

Pollution and gas emissions

Greenhouse gas A gas in Earth’s atmosphere that traps

heat near the surface Application

Pollution and gas emissions

Greenhouse Warming Potential An estimate of how much a molecule of

any compound can contribute to global warming over a period of 100 years relative to a molecule of CO2

Application Gas emissions and pollution

Gross Domestic Product The measure of the value of all products

and services produced in a country in a year.

Application Economy in developing and developed

countries

Gross primary productivity The total amount of solar energy that

producers in an ecosystem capture via photosynthesis over a given amount of time

Application Alternate energy source

Ground source heat pump A technology that transfers heat from the

ground to a building Application

Alternate energy source

Ground water recharge A process by which water percolates

through the soil and works its way into an aquifer

Application Water sources and water pollution

Growth rate The number of offspring an indicidual can

produce in a given time period, minus the death of the individual or any of its offspring during the same period

Application Ecosystem sustainability

Gyre A large-scale pattern of water circulation

that moves clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern Hemisphere

Application Ocean currents

Hadley Cell A convection current in the atmosphere

that that cycles between the equator and 30 degrees N and 30 degrees S.

Application Weather patterns