ACC environmental science energy crossword

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Across
  1. 2. the most commonly used fossil fuel for electricity generation.
  2. 5. Involves breaking up an atom’s nucleus
  3. 6. this kind of resource is generally readily available, and is replaced quickly or continually.
  4. 10. The type of energy stored in forces holding atomic nuclei together
  5. 11. The energy of motion
  6. 14. considered to be the worst man-made ecological disaster ever
  7. 15. found in deep underground deposits
  8. 16. this type of Energy associated with the movement/flow of electrons
  9. 17. often uses significant amounts of land when the coal deposits sit close to the surface
  10. 19. Used when coal deposits are deep
Down
  1. 1. the cleanest burning of the fossil fuels, and is relatively abundant in the US.
  2. 2. commonly used process for converting stored chemical energy into forms we can use for other things
  3. 3. This type of energy is the energy in the movement of molecules
  4. 4. this type of extraction uses natural underground pressure pushes the oil to the surface requiring no additional action.
  5. 7. This type of energy is Energy of an object due to its position or shape
  6. 8. water or gas is injected underground to push oil upwards to be collected.
  7. 9. Oil entering the water can cause serious effects on natural ecosystems this is called
  8. 12. a well-stimulation technique used commonly in low-permeability rocks like tight sandstone, shale, and some coal beds to increase oil and/or gas flow to a well from petroleum-bearing rock formations.
  9. 13. this type of resource which can never be replaced, or is replaced too slowly to be practical
  10. 18. A new nuclear technology being developed which could provide clean and abundant energy.
  11. 20. This type of energy required to move/change an object’s position