APES Unit 6 Study Guide

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Across
  1. 5. Economic cycle of rapid growth followed by collapse
  2. 11. When solar or wind output fluctuates unpredictably
  3. 14. Energy resources known and economically recoverable
  4. 15. Economic fall once a resource is depleted
  5. 17. Lowest energy and most polluting form of coal
  6. 20. Electrical power unit
  7. 22. Removing surface layers to reach shallow deposits
  8. 24. Restoring land after mining is completed
  9. 25. Machine that converts mechanical energy into electricity
  10. 29. Power generated by moving air
  11. 30. Creating staur like structures to help fish migration that is messed up by dams
  12. 33. Technique using high pressure fluid to extract natural gas
  13. 34. Unit measuring heat energy
  14. 37. Device that moves heat instead of generating it
  15. 39. Power from moving water
  16. 41. Cleanest burning fossil fuel
  17. 43. An impact on the environment due to hydroelectric power
  18. 45. Moment when global oil production reaches its maximum rate
  19. 46. Process of separating crude oil into useful products
  20. 48. Electricity network using real-time monitoring and automation
  21. 51. Energy left after subtracting energy used to produce it
  22. 53. Total environmental impact from extraction to disposal
  23. 54. Depth of resource affecting cost and difficulty of extraction
  24. 58. Extracting metal from ore by heating and melting
  25. 60. Microbes break down organic matter without oxygen to produce biogas
  26. 62. Fuel used in nuclear power plants
  27. 63. Cleanest highest energy form of coal
  28. 64. Using less energy to perform the same task
  29. 65. What do birds do when they meet up with the wind mills (Impact)
  30. 69. Mining technique used when resources are deep underground
  31. 70. Heat energy from inside Earth
  32. 71. Reducing energy use
  33. 73. Underground pockets of hot water or steam
  34. 74. The amount of kWh you get from 100,000 Watts
  35. 75. Splitting atomic nuclei to release energy
Down
  1. 1. Nickname for the 2nd least C02 potent type of coal
  2. 2. Producing heat and electricity simultaneously
  3. 3. Hydroelectric system with minimal reservoir storage
  4. 4. Polluted water created when sulfide minerals mix with oxygen
  5. 6. Waste materials left after ore processing
  6. 7. Wood is made into firewood or ___ to burn
  7. 8. Amount of CO2 emitted per unit of energy produced
  8. 9. Rock containing valuable minerals
  9. 10. Toxic byproduct left after coal combustion
  10. 12. Energy sources that take millions of years to form
  11. 13. An economic reason we still fossil fuels
  12. 16. Device spun by water wind or steam to generate electricity
  13. 18. Energy from the sun
  14. 19. Energy from burning organic material
  15. 21. Bitumen-rich deposits requiring energy intensive extraction
  16. 23. Smaller scale dam system
  17. 26. Process of concentrating valuable minerals in ore
  18. 27. Mining method removing mountaintops to reach coal
  19. 28. Power plant used only when demand spikes
  20. 31. Energy produced by ocean tides
  21. 32. Hydrogen and ___ are used in HFC Cells
  22. 34. Thick heavy form of petroleum found in oil sands
  23. 35. Point at which maximum petroleum extraction is reached
  24. 36. Solar technology converting light directly into electricity
  25. 38. Percentage of time a power plant produces electricity
  26. 40. Energy sources that naturally replenish
  27. 42. Radioactive materials created during nuclear fission
  28. 44. Pollutants released into the air
  29. 47. Fossil fuel formed from ancient plant matter
  30. 48. Kind of rock that fossil fuels are found
  31. 49. Network delivering electricity to consumers
  32. 50. Pollution released during fuel use not production
  33. 52. Renewable liquid fuel made from fermenting biomass
  34. 55. Ice-like frozen methane found in ocean sediments
  35. 56. Liquid fossil fuel used for transportation
  36. 57. Devices that absorb neutrons to control fission
  37. 59. Natural gas trapped in shale rock layers
  38. 61. WHat is released when creating geothermal plants
  39. 66. The nickname for the type of coal that is hard and glossy and deep black
  40. 67. Most commonly used type of coal
  41. 68. The mining technique that pollutes running water by dumping unwanted sediment in to the water
  42. 72. Ratio of energy returned to energy invested