Across
- 4. materials that formed as ancient plants and animals decayed underground
- 5. a device that spins as the gas flows and changes the heat energy of the steam into energy of motion
- 8. a fossil fuel that occurs in the gas state
- 9. where gases from the plant pass through a substance that reduces the amount of pollutants that get into the air
- 11. light
- 12. the release of substances into the environment
- 14. found in underground rocks, what most nuclear power plants use
- 15. harmful substance
- 17. Using the energy of moving water
Down
- 1. a hard, black substance
- 2. heat energy obtained from beneath the Earth's surface
- 3. a material that releases energy as heat when it burns
- 6. an original
- 7. the unstable elements that produce energy in power plants
- 10. the process of burning a fuel to produce heat
- 13. stores chemical energy and can convert that energy into electrical energy
- 15. a liquid fossil fuel formed by the decay of ancient plants and animals
- 16. a device that changes energy of motion into electrical energy