Energy Crossword Quiz

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  1. 4. Power Producing electricity from water-driven turbine generators.
  2. 7. A readily combustible mineral containing more than 50 percent by weight and more than 70 percent by volume of carbonaceous material.
  3. 8. Path for transmitting electric current.
  4. 9. Electrons have a ____________charge
  5. 12. An electric current flowing in one direction only. Also known as DC.
  6. 14. A combustible mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons that accumulates in porous sedimentary rocks, esp. those yielding petroleum, consisting usually of over 80 percent methane together with minor amounts of ethane, propane, butane, nitrogen, and, sometimes, helium. (2 words)
  7. 15. A combustible petroleum distillate used as fuel for diesel engines.
  8. 18. A volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, et cetera.
  9. 21. Electricity involves the movement of _____________from atom to atom in a material
  10. 24. Ethyl alcohol; most commonly derived by fermentation of plant materials; used as a fuel substitute/replacement for petroleum-based fuels.
  11. 25. A common metal that conducts Electricity
  12. 26. The unit of measurement for power (W)
  13. 28. Energy taken from heat sources underground, often in volcanically active areas.
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  1. 1. A fuel made primarily from oily plants (such as the soybean or oil palm) and to a lesser extent from other oily sources (such as waste cooking fat from restaurant deep-frying).
  2. 2. The act or process of burning fuel.
  3. 3. An electric current that reverses its direction many times a second at regular intervals, typically used in power supplies. Also known as AC.
  4. 5. A high-speed rotary engine driven by water, wind, steam, or other gases.
  5. 6. Watt’s law is ___________= IV
  6. 10. Power Using energy from a fission process for an energy source.
  7. 11. The ability to do work or cause change.
  8. 13. a type of enthanol derived from cellulose.
  9. 16. A deposit of organic material containing stored solar energy that can be used as fuel. The most important are coal, natural gas, and oil.
  10. 17. A gas released from the decomposition of wastes.
  11. 19. Source of stored voltage and component of DC electronics
  12. 20. An oily, thick, flammable, usually dark-colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in various parts of the world and commonly obtained by drilling: used in a natural or refined state as fuel, or separated by distillation into gasoline, naphtha, benzene, kerosene, paraffin, et cetera.
  13. 22. Energy Using the sun as a heat energy source.
  14. 23. World energy consumption is _________ by approx. 2.3% per year.
  15. 27. The unit of measurement for voltage. (V)