Humans and the Environment Review
Across
- 1. the main ingredient in air pollution that causes climate change
- 2. the main ingredient in natural gas
- 4. turns DC to AC in a solar panel
- 5. fossil fuels include coal, oil and ____.
- 6. the issue with the majority of renewable energies are that they can be ___ to build.
- 7. energy using steam created from the pockets of hot water under the ground
- 9. the piece that turns mechanical energy into electrical energy
- 10. energy that is made from the burning of organic material
- 12. energy that gets replaced as often as it is used
- 15. in 2050 the main source of the US energy will come from ___.
- 17. the energy source that uses the rise and fall of ocean water to turn an underwater turbine
- 20. the structure built across a river or lake to harness the energy of water
- 21. coal was made from organisms millions of years ago that lived in a ___.
- 23. the energy obtained by heating or burning a substance
- 24. this will lower if resources are not available for the population to live on
Down
- 1. modern day dams are not built of clay, most are built of ___.
- 3. energy that cannot be replaced during your lifetime
- 8. made from organisms millions of years ago
- 11. the mineral used in nuclear energy
- 13. the agency that made the clean air and the clean water act.
- 14. the kind of cell found in a solar panel
- 16. made from organisms millions of years ago that died on the seabed
- 18. nuclear energy make radioactive ____.
- 19. a substance that contaminates the environment
- 22. the result of sunlight mixing with exhaust
- 23. that part that spins to harness wind energy