Ch. 4 Earth's Resources Vocab

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