Non renewable resources crossword

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  1. 1. measurement of the heat contained in energy sources
  2. 3. when atoms loose sub atomic particles
  3. 5. solution mining
  4. 8. formed from the remains of tiny sea animals and plants that died 300 to 400 million years ago.
  5. 11. underground structure to move natural gas
  6. 13. fuel that is taken out of a reactor
  7. 16. an energy source that is used faster than it is naturally replenished
  8. 18. reaction where energy is released when the nuclei of atoms are combined or fused together
  9. 19. used to remove sulfur from coal smoke
  10. 20. reaction where energy is released when the nuclei of atoms are split apart
  11. 24. dug the first successful American natural gas well in Fredonia, NY.
  12. 26. center of the nuclear power plant
  13. 27. a process that repeats itself over and over
  14. 29. a natural compound that is formed whenever plant and animal matter decays.
  15. 31. Federal Government agency responsible for licensing nuclear power plants and overseeing their construction and operation.
  16. 33. an almost pure carbon residue of coal
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  1. 2. Nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania that had an incident in 1978 where a small amount of nuclear waste was released
  2. 4. absorb neutrons and slow down the nuclear reactor
  3. 6. companies that handle the wholesale distribution of oil
  4. 7. plant that shut down in 2011 after an earthquake and tsunami
  5. 9. fossil fuel created from the remains of plants that lived and died about 100 to 400 million years ago when parts of the Earth were covered with huge swampy forests
  6. 10. plant where crude oil is processed
  7. 12. a powder made of dried uranium oxide
  8. 14. used when the coal seam is buried several hundred feet below the surface.
  9. 15. sites with many tanks
  10. 17. 12 ft metal tubes filled with nuclear fuel pellets
  11. 21. additive for natural gas that smells like eggs
  12. 22. Ukrainian nuclear power plant that had two explosions that led to 200,000 being evacuated
  13. 23. atoms of the same element with a different number of nuetrons
  14. 25. a naturally occurring radioactive element
  15. 28. produces electricity when turned by steam
  16. 30. tower for cooling steam
  17. 32. international trade group called the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries