Unit 3 3-4
Across
- 2. electrical energy produced by the flow of water
- 6. the physical material at the surface of the Earth includes grass, trees, concrete and water
- 8. Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks.
- 10. involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as fields, pastures, and settlements
- 12. The percentage of the input work that is converted to output work
- 15. the process of decomposing and recycling organic matter as a fertilizer to enrich soils
- 17. the state of environmental conditions
- 19. Statement required by Federal law from all agencies for any project using Federal funds to assess the potential affect of the new construction or development on the environment.
- 20. the act of returning an ecological area back to its former condition.
Down
- 1. The energy captured by transforming the motion of air into electrical energy using a turbine
- 3. An energy resource formed from the remains of ancient marine organisms that lived millions of years ago.
- 4. catching or removing from a population more organisms than the population can replace
- 5. an uncontrolled expansion of urban areas.
- 7. energy that comes from the sun
- 9. potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
- 11. process where once fertile land becomes a desert as a result of drought, deforestation, or other inappropriate land management practices.
- 13. using natural areas and wildlife in ways that sustain them for current and future generations of humans and other forms of life.
- 14. fossil fuel it has stored energy from carbon compressed, combusting it creates energy
- 16. Energy that comes from the burning of coal. It is non-renewable and produces a large amount of CO2
- 18. Natural things that can be converted into energy