Go to our links page for some fun sites for kids with activities dealing with energy. These will include resources for reports you might be asked to do in school.

This month our Energy Action Activity relates to geothermal energy.

Geothermal Crossword

How much do you know about geothermal energy? Solve this crossword puzzle and test your knowledge.

Across

4 Thermal means __________ .
5 ________ is used to turn the turbines to produce electricity.
6 What use geothermal energy is put to depends on its ___________________.
8 Heated water is found in the fractures and _________ in the crust of the Earth.
10 One use of geothermal energy is for electrical power __________________.
11 Heated __________ found in the crust of the Earth heats water by thermal conduction.
12 Heat energy
14 Piping hot water to heat a building is a __________ _____ of geothermal energy.
16 ______________ the water takes place after the geothermal energy has been used.
17 Earth
18 Heating ______________________ is a direct use of geothermal energy.
20 ________ __________ use the earth or groundwater as a heat source in winter.

Down

1 Energy that comes from deep in the Earth.
2 Geothermal energy is a __________________ energy resource.
3 Steam turns the turbine which produces power in the ________________.
7 Heated water is found in the __________________ and pores in the crust of the Earth.
9 Thermal waters reach the surface of the Earth in the form of hot springs, boiling mud __________,
and geysers.
13 The machine where the electricity is actually made.
15 The part of the Earth where geothermal energy is found.
19 A resort or _______ will often use geothermal water in its pools.