Energy Unit - Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Sources

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Across
  1. 4. This fossil fuel can also be used to make medicine, cosmetics, or plastic.
  2. 7. This type of solar power can store energy for later use.
  3. 13. This is what mine owners must do to the land after they mine it to restore it to its previous condition.
  4. 14. The name of dead organic material that has not fully turned into a fossil fuel.
  5. 18. Made from dead marine organisms at higher temperatures.
  6. 20. Where oil and natural gas are formed.
  7. 21. The only difference in any power plant is the _ that turns the turbine.
  8. 22. One of the downsides of solar panels is that they are not very _.
  9. 23. Made from dead plants
  10. 24. This type of renewable energy is detrimental to birds.
  11. 25. This type of mining takes place above the ground.
  12. 27. The part of any power plant that transports electricity from the plant out to the community.
  13. 28. Along with heat, this is needed to turn dead organisms into fossil fuels.
  14. 30. Mining for natural gas this way is controversial because it can pollute the groundwater supply.
Down
  1. 1. This renewable resource is 90-95% efficient.
  2. 2. It takes _ of years for fossil fuels to form.
  3. 3. coal is the only fossil fuel that pollutes the air through _.
  4. 5. The ideal number of blades on a wind turbine.
  5. 6. Where ALL fossil fuels are formed.
  6. 8. The part of any power plant that spins.
  7. 9. The part of any power plant that contains a magnet and turns kinetic energy into electricity.
  8. 10. This gas is formed when fossil fuels are burned.
  9. 11. Hydropower comes from _ water.
  10. 12. Concentrated solar power (CSP) works best when outdoor temperatures are _.
  11. 14. Energy is measured and billed in _.
  12. 15. Building these is controversial because it can destroy the view for waterfront land owners.
  13. 16. One of the advantages of solar panels is that they are available for _ use.
  14. 17. One of the benefits of coal is that there is a lot of it in the _.
  15. 19. This type of renewable energy makes electricity by displacing electrons
  16. 20. If this element is present, dead organic matter will rot instead of turning into fossil fuels.
  17. 26. Working on one of these can earn you a lot of $ but there's a 40% chance you might die while doing it.
  18. 29. Where coal is formed.