science
Across
- 3. the process of burning something such as fossil fuels
- 8. Renewable organic materials, such as wood, agricultural crops or wastes, and municipal wastes
- 9. is energy made by heat inside the Earth's crust
- 11. the process of changing one form of energy to another form
- 12. a compound of hydrogen and carbon, such as any of those that are the chief components of petroleum and natural gas.
- 13. a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons that is present in certain rock strata and can be extracted and refined to produce fuels including gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil; also know as oil
- 15. a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
Down
- 1. the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water
- 2. the central and most important part of an object
- 4. radiant energy emitted by the sun
- 5. a nuclear reaction in which a heavy nucleus splits spontaneously or on impact with another particle, with the release of energy.
- 6. vessel,
- 7. a chemical obtained from petroleum and natural gas containing the nuclear reactor coolant, core shroud, and the reactor core
- 10. mixture of gasoline and ethyl alcohol used as fuel in internal combustion engines
- 14. a place crude oil is sent to