9.12 Power across the Country

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Across
  1. 2. By increasing the voltage of the power station, the current flowing in the transmission cables will decreased to reduce power _____
  2. 3. Some of the power from the grid is distributed through __________
  3. 6. Substations have step-down transformers that reduce the voltage to ________ the current to meet the demands of consumers
  4. 9. When the transmitted voltage is stepped up by 10 times, the power loss in the cables is reduced by one ________ times
  5. 10. A power station is usually connected to a step-_____ transformer to increase the voltage before transmitting electricity
  6. 11. Power from generators is transmitted through a nationwide network of long-distance cables called the _____
Down
  1. 1. Home consumers usually receive their power at two hundred and _____ V
  2. 4. Electricity is transmitted using AC instead of DC as it is more efficient at large scale and also because the _________ can only work with AC.
  3. 5. ________ cables are used in long distance transmission as it is cheaper but it can spoil the view of beautiful environment
  4. 7. Power stations are usually situated ______ from highly populated areas
  5. 8. Using higher transmission voltage will also allow thinner, lighter and _______ cables to be used in transmission