Power and Energy Crossword
Across
- 2. A NETWORK OF POWER LINES AND TRANSFORMERS USED TO DISTRIBUTE ELECTRICITY FROM POWER PLANTS TO CONSUMERS.
- 4. COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS AC, THIS IS ELECTRICAL CURRENT THAT REVERSES DIRECTION PERIODICALLY. IT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY FOR LONG-DISTANCE TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY.
- 7. ENERGY SOURCES THAT ARE FINITE AND CANNOT BE REPLACED QUICKLY, LIKE FOSSILE FUELS (COAL, OIL, AND NATERAL GAS).
- 10. ELECTRICITY GENERATED BY HARNESSING THE KINETIC ENERGY OF MOVING AIR USING WIND TURBINES.
- 13. ENERGY GENERATED THROUGH NUCLEAR FISSION, WHERE ATOMIC NUCLEI ARE SPLIT TO RELEASE ENERGY.
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- 1. ELECTRICITY GENERATED FROM THE SUN'S ENERGY THROUGH PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS OR SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS.
- 3. THE PROCESS OF CHANGING ONE FORM OF ENERGY INTO ANOTHER, SUCH AS CONVERTING MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY IN A GENERATOR.
- 5. FUELS NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES DERIVED FROM ANCIENT PLANT AND ANIMAL REMAINS, SUCH AS COAL, OIL, AND NATURAL GAS.
- 6. A MACHINE THAT CONVERTS MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY.
- 8. THE ABILITY TO DO WORK. OFTEN IN JOURNALS OF CALORIES.
- 9. ELECTRICITY GENERATED FROM THE MOVEMENT OF WATER, TYPICALLY USING DAMS AND TURBINES.
- 11. THE FLOW OF ELECTRICITY CHARGE (USUALLY ELECTRONS) IN A CONDUCTOR, MEASURED IN AMPERES (A).
- 12. A DEVICE THAT CHANGES THE VOLTAGE OF ELECTRICITY TO FACILITATE ITS TRANSFORMATION AND DISTRIBUTION.