Across
- 3. energy from the sun
- 4. a dangerous condition in which fuel rods inside a nuclear reactor melt
- 6. the process of burning a fuel
- 7. a factory in which crude oil is heated and separated into fuels and other products
- 9. the percentage of energy that is used to do work
- 11. the practice of reducing energy use
- 13. the splitting of an atom's nucleus into two smaller nuclei and neutrons
- 15. a substance that provides energy as a result of a chemical change
Down
- 1. electricity produced using the energy of flowing water
- 2. material that blocks heat transfer between the air inside and outside the building
- 5. the central core of an atom that contains the protons and neutrons
- 8. a change from one form of energy to another
- 10. a cadmium rod used in a nuclear reactor to absorb neutrons from fission reactions
- 12. oil;liquid fossil fuel
- 14. an energy rich substance formed from the remains of organisms