Chapter 2 Vocabulary
Across
- 1. fuel unstable elements that produce energy in power plants.
- 6. the process of burning a fuel to produce heat and light.
- 9. a device that changes energy of motion into electrical energy.
- 11. a material that releases energy as heat when it burns.
- 13. a device that spins and the gas flows and changes the heat energy into the energy of motion.
- 14. something that stores chemical energy and can convert that energy into electrical energy.
- 15. using the energy of moving water.
- 16. a hard, black substance that is formed when chemical changes transform plant stems and leaves.
- 17. an element used in most nuclear power plants.
- 18. energy heat energy obtained from beneath Earth’s surface.
Down
- 2. the release of substances into the environment.
- 3. a harmful substance that can poison land, water or energy.
- 4. something made for a particular purpose.
- 5. fuels materials that formed as ancient plants and animals that decayed underground.
- 7. gas a pollutant that increases the atmosphere’s ability to hold heat.
- 8. a substance that reduces the amount of pollutants that get into the air.
- 10. gas a fossil fuel that occurs in the gas state.
- 12. a liquid fossil fuel formed by the decay of ancient plants and animals.