Nonrenewable Energy Resources Puzzle
Across
- 2. Coal is formed from the remains of dead ___ plant matter that has been buried over time.
- 4. The majority of our ___ comes from fossil fuels.
- 9. Fossil fuels exist in a ___ supply, which means they will eventually run out.
- 12. Oil is used mostly for gasoline or ___.
- 14. Oil is also known as ___ ___.
- 15. ___, conditions, and time are the three factors that play a role in what fossil fuel forms
- 17. Coal is known as the ___ fossil fuel.
- 19. The energy generated during nuclear fission by splitting Uranium atoms
- 20. ___ is a rock made from ancient swampy plant material that has been deeply buried and compacted over millions of years
- 21. ___ is a mixture of gases that is made from microscopic marine organisms that have been deeply buried and compacted over millions of years.
- 23. The term, ___ is used because all three are formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
- 26. Coal, oil and natural gas are also called ___ ___.
- 27. Oil is used mostly for ___ or fuel.
Down
- 1. People are using fossil fuels ___ than the Earth can replace them
- 3. Oil and natural gas are made from microscopic ___ organisms that have been buried over time.
- 5. composition, ____, and time are the three factors that play a role in what fossil fuel forms
- 6. The Earth takes ___ of years to replace fossil fuels.
- 7. composition, conditions, and ___ are the three factors that play a role in what fossil fuel forms
- 8. Coal is used mostly for ___.
- 10. Oil is also known as ___.
- 11. Oil is known as the ___ fossil fuel.
- 13. Natural gas is used mostly for heating and ___.
- 14. Burning fossil fuels can put this into the atmosphere
- 16. Natural gas is used mostly for ___ and cooking.
- 18. People are encouraged to ___ since oil is used to make plastic products.
- 19. Nuclear energy and fossil fuels are ___ resources.
- 22. Natural gas is known as the ___ fossil fuel.
- 24. ___ a thick black liquid that is made from microscopic marine organisms that have been deeply buried and compacted over millions of years.
- 25. Oil is used to make ___ products, which is why we are encouraged to recycle it