Energy Vocabulary
Across
- 2. the way energy can change forms
- 7. the storing of something so it will last longer
- 10. using things more than once to not produce as much waste
- 11. using waste to help create something else
- 12. the power to do something
- 13. renewable energy gathered from water, commonly using dams or wheels
- 15. the decomposition of organic material to make mulch/more nutritious soil
- 17. a polluted mass of mostly decayed organic material
- 19. the most productive use of energy
- 20. energy gathered from nuclear fission and fusion
- 21. the process carbon goes through when exchanged from one form to another
- 23. using highly-pressuized water to push out oil/gas/petrol
- 26. when heat energy is passed through gases or liquids and rised hot and falls cold
- 27. renewable energy gathered from organic material
- 29. energy stored in stationary objects
- 30. a resource that is produced at the same rate/faster that it is used
Down
- 1. a type of nonrenewable energy source drilled out of the ground, also known as petroleum
- 3. energy from the sun given off by electromagnetic waves
- 4. the main source of energy on the energy
- 5. energy used/released while an object is moving
- 6. most abundant nonrenewable resource in the US, burns cleaner
- 8. a resource that is produced slower that it is used/slower than a human lifetime
- 9. heat energy given off from the sun
- 14. fuel sources made of fossilized organic materials
- 16. the most common nonrenewable resource, made of mainly carbon and produces sulfur dioxide
- 18. when heat energy is transfered by touch
- 22. using something less
- 24. energy that can be safely used for long periods of time without harming the environment
- 25. renewable energy gather from the wind, commonly using wind turbines
- 28. renewable energy gathered from the sun, commonly using solar panels