Energy Sources and Energy Conversions Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. The transformation of the kinetic energy of moving water into electric energy (usually in a dam)
  2. 4. A device with fan blades that turns a generator to create electricity
  3. 7. ____________ energy is the energy stored in the bonds of atoms (for example the atoms in food)
  4. 9. _______________ resource: Energy sources that can’t be used up (for example the sun)
  5. 10. Living things that can use the sun's radiant energy directly in order to grow
  6. 12. The law of ____________ of energy states that energy cannot be created nor destroyed
  7. 13. _____________ resource: An energy source that is used up much faster than it can be replaced.
  8. 15. What is energy continually doing in the world around you?
Down
  1. 1. A "factory" where the electricity in most of the U.S. homes and schools is created
  2. 2. __________ fuels (like gasoline) are made from the remains of ancient living things
  3. 5. A device (found in powerplants) that transforms kinetic energy into electrical energy
  4. 6. ____________ turbines turn the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy
  5. 8. ______________ potential energy is the stored energy due to an object's position
  6. 11. A nonrenewable energy source used in powerplants and made from the ancient remains of plants
  7. 13. ___________ energy is energy that is created by breaking atoms apart
  8. 14. Can energy ever be lost?