Ch. 4 Earth's Resources Vocab

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