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