Chapter 17 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. energy that holds particles together
  2. 7. the splitting of an atoms nucleus into smaller nuclei
  3. 8. deposit of moist sand and clay containing bitumen
  4. 9. process in which fuel burn
  5. 10. Can be renewed
  6. 12. radioactive material left
  7. 13. chemical compounds that are derived from oil and used to make products
  8. 14. used up there gone forever
  9. 15. Ability to do work
  10. 17. ice like solid
  11. 18. shale rock filled with a mixture of hydrocarbons once mined oil shale can be burned directly
  12. 19. extraction of a mineral
  13. 20. occurs when sulfide minerals exposed rock sufaces reacts with oxygen and rainwater to produce sulfuric acid
  14. 22. generates electricity by controlled fissions reactions
Down
  1. 1. Dark liquid fossil fuel
  2. 3. energy made available by the flow of an electric charge
  3. 4. Energy that an object has because of its size and position
  4. 5. heat melted
  5. 6. practice of reducing energy use to meet goals
  6. 11. energy put into a system that actually does useful work
  7. 16. Energy due to an objects motion
  8. 19. practice of digging shafts deep into the ground
  9. 21. small nuclei of lightweight elements are forced together to form a heavier nucleus