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  2. Photosynthesis - Wikipedia

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    To use this stored chemical energy, an organism's cells metabolize the organic compounds through cellular respiration. Photosynthesis plays a critical role in producing and maintaining the oxygen content of the Earth's atmosphere, and it supplies most of the biological energy necessary for complex life on Earth. [2]

  3. Sebastian Shaw (character) - Wikipedia

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    Ability to absorb various types of pure energy to further enhance his physical attributes (limited to some energy factor that could overwhelm his ability to absorb it and possibly kill him) Possesses access to sophisticated weaponry and telepathic blocking technology; Expert hand-to-hand combatant; Highly intelligent & a master tactician.

  4. Greenhouse effect - Wikipedia

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    When greenhouse gases absorb radiation, they distribute the acquired energy to the surrounding air as thermal energy (i.e., kinetic energy of gas molecules). Energy is transferred from greenhouse gas molecules to other molecules via molecular collisions .

  5. Radiant energy - Wikipedia

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    In geophysics, most atmospheric gases, including the greenhouse gases, allow the Sun's short-wavelength radiant energy to pass through to the Earth's surface, heating the ground and oceans. The absorbed solar energy is partly re-emitted as longer wavelength radiation (chiefly infrared radiation), some of which is absorbed by the atmospheric ...

  6. Earth's internal heat budget - Wikipedia

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    Earth's tectonic evolution over time from a molten state at 4.5 Ga, [11] to a single-plate lithosphere, [24] to modern plate tectonics sometime between 3.2 Ga [25] and 1.0 Ga [26] Primordial heat energy comes from the potential energy released by collapsing a large amount of matter into a gravity well, and the kinetic energy of accreted matter.

  7. Kinetic energy - Wikipedia

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    Kinetic energy is the movement energy of an object. Kinetic energy can be transferred between objects and transformed into other kinds of energy. [10] Kinetic energy may be best understood by examples that demonstrate how it is transformed to and from other forms of energy.

  8. Bioinspired armor - Wikipedia

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    The overlapping of the scales allows for the armor to absorb kinetic energy by transmitting the impact energy to adjacent discs. [26] A larger number of scale layers can protect from larger forced attacks.

  9. Dynamo theory - Wikipedia

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    Kinetic energy provided by planetary rotation; An internal energy source to drive convective motions within the fluid. [11] In the case of the Earth, the magnetic field is induced and constantly maintained by the convection of liquid iron in the outer core. A requirement for the induction of field is a rotating fluid.