Across
- 2. introduction of harmful materials into the environment
- 3. removal of trees for lumber, crops, extraction, or development
- 4. organic matter used as a fuel for generation of electricity
- 5. the chemical element of atomic number 92, a dense gray radioactive metal used as a fuel in nuclear reactors.
- 7. resources that can replenish themselves over a period of time even as they are used.
- 8. the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level
- 9. relating to or determined by the sun
- 12. unable to be used up
- 16. the natural movement of air
- 18. the generation of electricity using flowing water
- 19. a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
- 20. relating to or produced by the internal heat of the Earth
Down
- 1. energy generated by ways that don’t deplete natural resources or harm the environment
- 6. materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature
- 7. to fill or build up the supply again
- 10. a natural substance that is not replenished with the speed at which it is consumed.
- 11. preventing the wasteful use of a resource
- 13. energy stored inside of an atom
- 14. collecting and processing of materials that would be thrown away and turning them into new products
- 15. fossil fuel formed by the remains of ancient organisms
- 17. process of materials worn away and transported by natural forces