Select the item with the highest embodied energy for a typical American. A. Organically grown oranges transported 500 miles by truck B. Pineapple imported by air from Costa Rica C. Sweet corn produced locally using synthetic fertilizer D. Green beans grown in the backyard garden

B: Pineapple imported by air from Costa Rica

Explanation:

Embodied energy is the total energy that is required for the extraction, processing, manufacture and transportation of materials to its intended usage destination.

This means highest embodied energy will be the work that demands the most energy for extraction, processing, manufacture and transportation of materials to its intended usage destination.

Looking at the options given, the one with the highest embodied energy will be "Pineapple imported by air from Costa Rica". This is because other options are done locally and thus will consume lesser energy and processing time unlike the pineapple that is coming from another country and by air.

a mercury barometer is a device that uses the physical properties of mercury in a tube to measure barometric pressure. mercury barometers are used for : -

1. measurement of atmospheric pressure  

2. determining the altitude of a place

3. weather forecasting

4. calibration and checking of aneroid barometers

5. application in fluid mechanics

6. measurement of pressure in aircrafts

7. surface weather analysis

8. preparation of barographs

9. usage in physical sciences like physics, astronomy & chemistry

10. preparation of aircraft altimeters

characteristics of mercury barometer : -

1.used to define and measure atmospheric pressure.

2.on the average at sea level the column of mercury rises to a height of about 760 mm.

3.this quantity is equal to 1 atmosphere.

4.it is also known as standard atmospheric pressure.

5.a barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of the atmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, the height of the column varying with atmospheric pressure.

b. examine and describe cells