ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 33

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Across
  1. 3. massive fan-like device that uses the wind’s power to generate electricity from kinetic energy
  2. 4. electricity created by the burning of living- or once-living matter
  3. 6. shorthand for a pipe that heats a home using the earth’s energy
  4. 9. the classic solar panel; consists of a black metal plate sealed in a box with a glass lid
  5. 11. directly turns solar energy into electricity; first 2 letters are short for “photovoltaic”
  6. 13. radioactive rocks breaking down produces this
  7. 16. group of turbines designed for catching wind
  8. 17. shorthand for a long process that turns thermal energy from water into electricity
Down
  1. 1. involves designing a building to naturally use the sun’s energy
  2. 2. energy produced by living matter
  3. 5. using the tides to generate power
  4. 7. shorthand for technology that uses mirrors to concentrate sunlight to generate electricity
  5. 8. involves using technology to accomplish the same goals as passive solar heating
  6. 10. using water to generate electricity
  7. 12. blending together hydrogen and oxygen to create water
  8. 14. the process breaking down water into its base elements by use of an electric current
  9. 15. liquid fuel made from biomass