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Across
- 2. the process by which materials in the Earth's crust are taken from the Earth
- 13. a resource that cannot be replaced or takes a very long time to be replaced. Examples: Nuclear energy, fossil fuels, and minerals
- 14. a resource that can be replaced in a short time. Examples: passive and active solar energy, biomass fuel, hydroelectric, geothermal, wind power.
- 17. a renewable resource that comes from the sun
- 19. A nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
- 20. nonrenewable resources in the Earth's crust, its made from the remains of ancient organisms.
- 21. the use of technology to collect, store, and distribute the sun's energy. Example: active solar heating of water.
Down
- 1. conservation the practice of finding ways to use less energy or to use energy more efficiently
- 3. any substance in nature that we use for energy
- 4. electrical energy produced by the flow of falling water
- 5. power obtained by harnessing the energy of the wind through a windmill.
- 6. Electricity generated by the movement of sea water caused by the tides
- 7. Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks.
- 8. a cell that generates electricity from a controlled reaction between hydrogen and oxygen
- 9. the use of sunlight to heat buildings directly
- 10. A solid fossil fuel formed underground from buried, decomposed plant material.
- 11. a fossil fuel in a gas form used for heating and electricity production.
- 12. an oily fossil fuel, also know as crude oil
- 13. a Non-renewable resource that comes from within of atoms.
- 15. oil deposits that has been discovered but remains unused in the ground and can be extracted profitably at current prices using current technology
- 16. The process by which two or more small nuclei fuse to make a bigger nucleus.
- 18. Energy source that comes from plant material, manure, and any other organic matter.