Renewable Energy - Kayrizma Mure
Across
- 3. solar energy is converted directly into electricity
- 5. takes advantage of the fact that the temperature of soil a few feet underground stays about the same all year, even though the air temperature changes with the seasons
- 6. uses technology to collect, move, and store heat derived from the sun
- 7. fuel rods produced so much heat that they melted
- 8. contains hundreds of turbines
- 10. energy beneath earth's surface combined with the breakdown of radioactive elements to produce heat
- 12. a process that releases hydrogen by using an electric current to break down water molecules
- 14. the splitting of an atom's nucleus into two smaller nuclei
- 15. fuel that helps power vehicles
- 16. energy that is produced from material that makes up living organisms
- 17. a device that converts the wind's kinetic energy, or energy of motion, into electrical energy
Down
- 1. a device that converts hydrogen or another fuel into electricity
- 2. the energy that holds particles together in the nucleus
- 3. involves designing a building to collect, store, and distribute the sun's energy naturally
- 4. a technology that uses mirrors to focus sunlight in order to generate electricity
- 9. small nuclei of lightweight elements are forced together to form heavier nucleus
- 11. uses kinetic energy of moving water to turn turbines and generate electricity
- 13. refers to using the movement of tidal water to generate electricity