EIF Unit 3B Vocabulary
Across
- 2. Fuels found in the earth's crust
- 3. Nuclear power plants create ________________ waste
- 6. _______________ mining is most economical if the coal is located within the first 200 feet underground.
- 7. The parts that petroleum separates into when distilled
- 8. Hydroelectric power comes from the _________ energy of dammed water.
- 9. ________________ uranium ore has the fissionable isotope U235 added to it
- 10. Ongoing natural process within radioactive elements.
- 11. A pipeline _____________ can control the flow of natural gas through a line
- 15. The capacity to do work
- 17. Energy ___________ in hydroelectric power occur due to turbulence and friction.
- 19. Common type of fuel gas (in addition to natural gas)
- 20. The core of all atoms.
Down
- 1. Device to remedy negative impacts on fish migration at dam sites
- 3. The procedure for separating potentially useful components from spent nuclear fuel
- 4. Measure of a fluid's "thickness" and ability to flow
- 5. Fossil fuels are believed to have been formed from the decay of ________________ matter.
- 12. Requires more heat to start combustion but burns longer than lower-ranked coal
- 13. Fossil fuels contain ________ energy.
- 14. Resources that can be replenished
- 16. High _____________ coal produces less ash.
- 18. When coal is burned, ____________ combines with oxygen to form pollutants.