Creating An Energy Plan
Across
- 4. Coal mining is a dangerous job that doesn't earn much ___.
- 5. Power plants are connected to a huge network of infrastructure called the ___.
- 6. One example of ___ are power lines that stand along the sides of streets.
- 7. The steam molecules are hot and under intense pressure, so they have lots of ___ energy.
- 10. Coal has lots of ___ energy stored in it.
- 12. The electromagnet spins at high speeds within a ___ coil.
- 14. We bring coal to a power plant and ___ it into a powder.
- 15. The spinning turbine has lots of ___ energy.
- 16. Infrastructure is stuff the ___ builds to make society run more efficiently.
- 20. Coal comes from the ___.
- 21. The thermal energy from the burning coal is ___ to the water.
- 23. Electricity is the ___ of electrons.
- 24. When we burn coal, its potential energy is turned into ___ energy.
Down
- 1. Inside the generator there is a big ___.
- 2. The grid transports electricity from producers, like DTE, to ___ like homes, hospitals, schools, and restaurants.
- 3. Electrons are tiny balls of energy that ___ around atoms.
- 4. Moving electrons produce a ___ field.
- 8. Once it has been ground into a powder, then we ___ it in a furnace.
- 9. Most electricity in the US comes from ___.
- 11. The spinning electromagnet converts mechanical energy to ___ energy.
- 13. Burning coal produces a lot of air ___.
- 14. The turbine causes a ___ to spin.
- 17. The spinning electromagnet causes the ___ within the copper coil to move.
- 18. The steam blows like hot wind onto a big fan called a ___, causing it to spin.
- 19. Above the furnace where the coal is burned, there is a boiler filled with ___.
- 22. When water gains enough thermal energy, it turns into ___.