Across
- 6. Atoms breaking apart
- 9. Can be replenished in a short amount of time
- 11. creates nuclear energy
- 13. Heat from Earth's interior
- 14. A form of power created from the movement of water
- 15. Something used as a source of energy
- 17. 13% of coal is used for this
- 18. 9.3% of U.S. electric production
- 24. Cannot be replenished in a short amount of time, takes millions and billions of years
- 26. What starts a nuclear reaction
- 27. Generates electricity
- 29. Occurs when fuel rods in a nuclear power plant overheat and melt
Down
- 1. the energy at the beginning of the process of a car burning gasolins
- 2. More useful energy
- 3. only 1% of coal is used for this, also one of the three needs for energy
- 4. Main use of oil
- 5. energy created from neutrons and nuclei
- 7. Wood, plant parts, manure, and food wastes that can be used as fuel
- 8. light and heat given off by the sun
- 10. Things made from oil
- 12. Material used to trap heat in a structure
- 14. Chemicals containing hydrogen and carbon
- 16. Gasoline and alcohol
- 19. conserving energy by using less of it
- 20. Main use of coal
- 21. A factory that produces crude oil
- 22. Geothermal source
- 23. Most common petrochemical
- 25. Original source of wind and hydropower
- 28. Atoms combining