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Nonrenewable Energy Word Search

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This 14-word nonrenewable energy word search covers fossil fuels and nuclear power for middle school earth science. Hidden words include coal, petroleum, uranium, natural gas, tar sands, and methane hydrate, representing major energy sources and their characteristics. Use it as a vocabulary warm-up, a review activity before a unit test, or as a sub-plan assignment for an energy unit.

Subject:: Science
Topic:: Earth Science
Grade Level:: 6th – 8th Grades
Updated April 2026

Word List

FOSSILFUELS
COAL
ANTHRACITE
PETROLEUM
NATURALGAS
TARSANDS
GASOLINE
DIESEL
COMBUSTION
OILSHALE
NUCLEAR
URANIUM
METHANEHYDRATE
RADIOACTIVE

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