Across
- 3. Biological material from living or recently living organisms used as an energy feedstock
- 4. Describes a resource that exists in a fixed quantity and cannot be replenished on a human timescale
- 8. Hydro carbon-based liquid extracted from sedimentary basins, the world's most traded commodity
- 9. Classification for resources replenished through natural processes at a rate matching or exceeding consumption
- 11. Adjective describing fuels derived from ancient organic matter buried and transformed under pressure over millions of years
- 13. Power generated by converting the potential energy of elevated water into electricity
- 14. ___ gas, a hydrocarbon mixture dominated by methane, extracted from deep geological formations
- 16. Sedimentary rock formed from compressed organic matter, the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel
- 17. Ferrous metallic ore extracted through open-cut or underground mining, a non-renewable mineral resource
- 19. Solar ___, a photovoltaic array that converts solar irradiance directly into usable electrical current
- 20. Capacity to do work, measured in joules, derived from both renewable and non-renewable sources
- 22. Development principle of meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs
- 24. Economic condition where resource availability is insufficient to meet human demand
Down
- 1. Renewable energy source driven by gravitational forces of the moon and sun on ocean water
- 2. Non-metallic element whose dioxide form is the primary greenhouse gas linked to climate change
- 5. Greenhouse gases discharged into the atmosphere as a byproduct of combustion
- 6. Heavy radioactive element undergoing fission in nuclear reactors to produce heat and electricity
- 7. Progressive reduction of a non-renewable resource stock through extraction and consumption
- 10. To reprocess waste materials into reusable raw inputs, reducing pressure on virgin resource extraction
- 12. Radiant energy converted into electricity via photovoltaic cells
- 15. Rotary mechanical device that converts kinetic or thermal energy into electrical energy via a generator
- 16. Strategic management of natural resources to prevent overuse, degradation, or permanent loss
- 18. Energy released through fission of heavy atomic nuclei, producing large output with low direct emissions
- 21. Energy derived from radioactive decay and residual heat within the Earth's interior
- 23. Kinetic energy produced by pressure differences in the atmosphere, harnessed via turbines