Land Use and Alternative Energy

2. land degradation where the land becomes like a desert, losing all water, vegetation, and wildlife
4. uses wind to turn turbines
8. energy that can be replaced or is unlimited
9. the practice of farming, including cultivating the soil for growing crops and to bring up animals to provide food, wool, and other products
10. "greening of a city"
12. generated by falling water and turbines
14. natural forest cleared through logging/ burning
15. when plants are exposed to intensive grazing for long periods of time, and don't have enough time to recover
16. the large scale introduction of manufacturing for economic gain
19. the 2 types of wind energy
20. harnessed by tapping underground resivors

1. harnesses the power of the ocean (constructs a dam and the in-out flow drives turbines)
3. energy from fission; atoms are split
5. towns/ cities are formed and population to the area grows
6. cutting down or removing every tree from a specific area
7. one of the biggest cons of land use is destruction of ___
11. blades/ propellers that are turned by wind or water, which powers/ turns a motor, the is converted into energy
13. obtaining energy by burning fuels from loving or recently living organisms
17. harnesses the power of the sun; also the main source of Earth's energy
18. energy that only has a fixed amount and can't be replaced