Ch. 4 Earth's Resources Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. rock containing kerogen.
  2. 6. liquid that forms from remains of plants & animals.
  3. 7. form thick tar called bitumen.
  4. 9. energy that uses water to drive turbines
  5. 11. best known placer deposit
  6. 12. takes millions of years to form & accumulate
  7. 14. forms from remains of plants & animals.
  8. 16. uses ocean tides to create power
  9. 18. careful use of resources
Down
  1. 1. hydrocarbon used as an energy source
  2. 3. deposit formed when minerals settle quickly from moving water.
  3. 4. collecting items for reuse
  4. 5. uses underground steam & hot water
  5. 8. energy formed by fission
  6. 10. forms when heat/pressure transform plant material
  7. 13. could meet 5-10% of U.S. energy needs
  8. 15. Earth's most abundant energy resource
  9. 17. source of pollution from a known location
  10. 19. point pollution with no specific point of origin
  11. 20. resource that can be replenished in months, years, or decades