Semester 1 Test 11th grade
Across
- 5. The practice of reducing energy use to prevent environmental damage.
- 6. Extraction of a mineral by removing a strip of the layers of soil and rock on top of the mineral deposit.
- 8. Liquid fossil fuel made up mostly of hydrocarbons.
- 9. These are strongest just before or just after rain and hail begin.
- 13. Energy that, once it is used up, it cannot be replaced.
- 15. The amount of a crop produced in a given area.
- 16. Too many animals eating too much of the plant cover, impeding regrowth.
- 19. radioactive material left over from the production of energy and other processes.
- 20. Energy in motion.
- 22. energy that holds protons and neutrons together in the nucleus.
Down
- 1. Energy that is stored.
- 2. Alternating crops in a field.
- 3. What happens when sulfide minerals in exposed rock surfaces react with oxygen and rainwater.
- 4. Concentrated animal feeding operations, or factory farms.
- 7. The practice of digging shafts deep into the ground to find and remove a mineral.
- 10. A loss of more than 10 percent of productivity due to erosion, soil compaction, overgrazing or other factors.
- 11. The buildup of salts in upper soil horizons.
- 12. Shelterbelts.
- 14. The ability to do work and cause change.
- 17. Land suitable for farming.
- 18. The most distinctive cloud associated with the squall line, and is also the lowest band of a cloud.
- 21. Energy that is replaceable in a relatively short time.