Hydropower

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Across
  1. 2. Animal that gets caught in turbines
  2. 4. Large structure across a river
  3. 7. Lake behind a dam
  4. 9. Part of a dam for extra or overflow water
  5. 10. points
  6. 12. Land that water flows across or under on its way to a stream, river, lake, or ocean
  7. 19. Process of expanding, upgrading, and improving efficiency of existing hydropower facilities
  8. 20. This energy powers the water cycle
  9. 21. Dams can _______ energy until its needed
  10. 22. Device that converts the rotational energy from a turbine to electrical energy
  11. 24. The advantage to hydropower
  12. 25. a facility that channels a portion of a river through a canal or penstock
Down
  1. 1. The water downstream of the powerhouse
  2. 3. Precipitation, snowmelt, glacial melt, or irrigation water that appears in uncontrolled surface streams, rivers, drains, or sewers
  3. 5. Moving water spins the blade of this
  4. 6. Hydropower can be replenished in a short amount of time
  5. 8. An electrical transmission and distribution system
  6. 11. This country uses hydropower the most
  7. 13. The rotating part of the turbine that converts the energy of falling water energy
  8. 14. The water level above the powerhouse
  9. 15. The disadvantage of hydropower
  10. 16. Rotating inner portion of a generator consisting of a series of windings that surround the
  11. 17. The giant tube in a hydropower plant
  12. 18. What generates hydropower?
  13. 23. The amount of electrical power delivered or required at any specific point or points on a system