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Across
  1. 1. (2 words) Protection device to control the water flowing though the weir system.
  2. 3. A resource of which there is an endless supply because it can be replenished
  3. 4. A renewable source of energy that generates power
  4. 5. (2 words) Hydropower is fueled by water, making it a clean source of energy.
  5. 7. (3 words) Conductors transmit electric power.
  6. 12. Group of pipes that transport pressurized water from a reservoir (dam) to the turbines
  7. 14. Devices transfer the energy from moving water to a rotating shaft to generate electricity.
  8. 16. The structure that houses generators and turbines at a hydropower facility.
  9. 18. Liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain.
  10. 19. Form of energy that harnesses the power of water in motion generate electricity
  11. 20. The strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.
Down
  1. 2. converts the alternating current that the hydroelectric power is generating into a high voltage current
  2. 6. Not harmful to the environment.
  3. 8. Silt is a solid, dust-like sediment that water, ice, and wind transport and deposit
  4. 9. Collection of water.
  5. 10. Man-made structure built to contain somebody of water
  6. 11. Converts this mechanical energy into electricity.
  7. 13. Structure constructed in a hydroelectric dam to provide a safe path for floodwaters to escape to some downstream area.
  8. 15. Form of energy resulting from the existence of charged
  9. 17. STORAGE: (2 words) Two water reservoirs at different elevations that can generate power as water moves down from one to the other.