Energy Vocab. Crossword

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  1. 4. Rain- Rain that has a lower than normal pH level because of burning fossil fuels
  2. 6. Rays- Invisible rays that are part of the energy that comes from the sun. Filtered by ozone layer
  3. 7. Oil- Known as Petroleum a type of nonrenewable resource that id drilled out of the ground used for
  4. 9. Energy- Stored energy or energy of position
  5. 11. occurs when heat energy is transferred from earth’s surface air to atmospheric air.
  6. 12. an electromagnetic wave of high energy and very short wavelength, which is able to pass through many
  7. 14. A soft brownish coal showing traces of plant structure, intermediate between bituminous coal and peat.
  8. 16. cooler areas of surface that appear darker
  9. 19. waves- Electromagnetic radiation spectrum at wavelengths longer than those of visible light,
  10. 24. Resource- Is a natural resource that cannot be re-made or re-grown at a scale comparable to its
  11. 26. Most abundant of nonrenewable resource produces sulfur dioxide
  12. 27. of Conservation of Energy- States that energy can change form, but it cannot be created or destroyed.
  13. 28. surface layer responsible for most of visible light
  14. 29. Radiation: heat energy from the sun
  15. 30. coal but of poorer quality than anthracite.
  16. 33. the sun.
  17. 34. Hard variety that contains relatively pure carbon and burns with little flame and smoke (cleanest
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  1. 1. Cycle- The continuous process by which carbon is exchanged between organisms and the environment.
  2. 2. Is a relatively soft coal containing a tarlike substance called bitumen. It is of higher quality than
  3. 3. Waves- Have the longest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum, slowest
  4. 5. opaque to light.
  5. 8. Fuels- Fuel that have been formed from the fossilized remains of prehistoric plants and animals.
  6. 10. outer layer that creates the ‘solar wind’ which can go 800 km/s
  7. 13. Partially decayed plant material, burns dirty lots of pollution
  8. 15. Transform- Energy’s ability to change from one form to another
  9. 17. Flares: explosive out burst
  10. 18. The uses of microbes(bacteria) to clean up oil spills
  11. 20. Energy- Is the energy from the Sun transmitted as electromagnetic wave.
  12. 21. The source of all energy on Earth
  13. 22. Rays- electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than approximately one tenth of a
  14. 23. occurs as pockets of air near earth’s surface are heated, become less dense, rise, cool, and sink.
  15. 25. Energy- Energy of motion
  16. 31. Fastest
  17. 32. Winds: They are a continuous stream of electrically charged particles that are given off by a magnetic field