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.