Ch. 4 Earth's Resources Vocab

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