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Across
  1. 4. Structure constructed in a hydroelectric dam to provide a safe path for floodwaters to escape to some downstream area.
  2. 6. ENERGY: (2 words) Hydropower is fueled by water, making it a clean source of energy.
  3. 7. converts the alternating current that the hydroelectric power is generating into a high voltage current
  4. 8. TRANSMISSION CABLES: (3 words) Conductors transmit electric power.
  5. 14. The strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.
  6. 15. Devices transfer the energy from moving water to a rotating shaft to generate electricity.
  7. 18. Collection of water.
  8. 19. Silt is a solid, dust-like sediment that water, ice, and wind transport and deposit
  9. 20. Liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain.
Down
  1. 1. Not harmful to the environment.
  2. 2. The structure that houses generators and turbines at a hydropower facility.
  3. 3. Form of energy that harnesses the power of water in motion generate electricity
  4. 5. STORAGE: (2 words) Two water reservoirs at different elevations that can generate power as water moves down from one to the other.
  5. 9. Form of energy resulting from the existence of charged
  6. 10. Converts this mechanical energy into electricity.
  7. 11. Group of pipes that transport pressurized water from a reservoir (dam) to the turbines
  8. 12. A renewable source of energy that generates power
  9. 13. Man-made structure built to contain somebody of water
  10. 16. A resource of which there is an endless supply because it can be replenished
  11. 17. GATES: (2 words) Protection device to control the water flowing though the weir system.