biomass

biomasa

Material de plantas o seres que estuvieron vivos recientemente, utilizado para producir energía.

En inglés sencillo: Material from plants or recently living things that can be used to produce energy.

• The power station burns biomass.
• Wood waste can be used as biomass fuel.
• They grow crops to supply the biomass industry.

Expresiones frecuentes: biomass fuel, biomass energy, burn biomass

biomasa

Peso conjunto de los seres vivos de una zona o grupo determinado.

En inglés sencillo: The combined weight of living things in a particular area or group.

• The forest has a large biomass.
• Scientists estimated the total biomass of fish in the lake.
• Drought reduced the grassland’s biomass.

Expresiones frecuentes: forest biomass, total biomass, fish biomass

biomasa

Peso total de un ser vivo o de una parte de él.

En inglés sencillo: The total weight of a living thing or one of its parts.

• We measured the biomass of each plant.
• The cell’s biomass increased as it grew.
• This method estimates the biomass of a single organism.

Expresiones frecuentes: cell biomass, total biomass, measure biomass