Environmental Science Chapter 17 Vocab Review Extension

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Across
  1. 4. Chemical Compounds that are derived from oil and used to make products.
  2. 5. The energy that an object has due to its motion.
  3. 6. The energy that holds the particles together in the nucleus of an atom.
  4. 8. Deposits of moist sand and clay containing bitumen.
  5. 12. A condition in a nuclear reactor when the fuel rods overheat and melt.
  6. 14. A process where small particles are forced together to create energy.
  7. 16. The splitting of an atom nucleus.
  8. 17. A situation that occurs when sulfide minerals in exposed rocks react with oxygen and rainwater to produce sulfuric acid.
  9. 20. The Energy an object has due to its position or shape.
  10. 21. is a rock filled with a mixture of hydrocarbons.
  11. 22. The practice of reducing energy consumption.
  12. 23. is typically the practice if digging shafts deep into the ground to remove a mineral.
Down
  1. 1. A type of energy that is made available from the flow of an electron charge.
  2. 2. The ability to do work or cause change.
  3. 3. The process in which a fuel burns because it combines rapidly with oxygen.
  4. 7. A dark liquid fossil fuel made up of mostly of hydrocarbons.
  5. 9. Radioactive material left over from the production of nuclear energy.
  6. 10. An ice like solid that consists of molecules of methane.
  7. 11. Are nearly always available somewhere on Earth.
  8. 13. Energy source that cannot be replaced once used.
  9. 15. Is an expression of how much energy put in to a system actually does work.
  10. 18. The generation of electricity by controlled reactions.
  11. 19. The extraction of minerals by removing a strip of the layers of soil and rock.