Energy Sources, Transformations and Heat Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. movement of water through a dam converted to usable energy
  2. 4. plant material or animal waste converted to usable energy
  3. 5. the Sun's energy converted to useable energy
  4. 8. the total kinetic energy of tiny particles of matter-the faster the particles move the warmer the matter becomes
  5. 9. heat from deep beneath earth's surface converted to useable energy
  6. 11. transfer of energy by the movement of electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles
  7. 13. gases such as CO2 in the atmosphere that absorb and retain heat
  8. 14. heat transfer caused by rising of hotter, less dense fluids and falling of cooler, more dense fluids
  9. 16. the splitting of uranium atoms to release energy
  10. 17. transfer of energy that occurs in solids, liquids and gases when two substances of different temperatures touch
  11. 18. material that does not conduct heat or electrical current
  12. 19. a supply of energy that can be used to generate power
Down
  1. 2. energy resource that is replaceable by nature
  2. 3. coal, oil and natural gas formed over a very long time from the remains of living organisms
  3. 6. circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, more dense fluid
  4. 7. the change of energy from one form to another
  5. 10. produced when turbines harness the movement of air and convert it to energy
  6. 12. energy resource that takes millions of years to form
  7. 15. substance that readily transfers heat or electrical energy