Energy resources: An introduction to energy resources
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# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- understand the difference between energy and power, and their units and prefixes
- state the relative contributions of different natural energy sources to the global energy budget
- describe the contribution of photosynthesis to the carbon cycle, and distinguish the terrestrial and marine parts of the cycle
- discuss the issues involved in concentrating, storing and transporting energy
- recognise which energy resources have a low energy density, and which have a high energy density.
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