Cross Wars: The Impedance Strikes Back

3. an electrical term meaning to connect to the earth.
5. early proponent of alternating current
6. the amount of electrical power required by connected electrical equipment.
8. 1000 watts of real power
11. electrical potential difference
12. the capacitance value of a capacitor of which there appears a potential difference of one volt
14. passive two-terminal electrical component used to store energy in an electric field
18. voltage generated by a battery or by the magnetic force according to Faraday's Law
20. a material with 1- 3 valence electrons
21. a conductive path over which an electric charge may flow.
23. a material with 5-8 valence electrons
24. the ability of a body to store an electrical charge
27. a combination of two or more chemical cells connected together electronically to produce electrical energy.
28. a unit of work. When used to show power usage, one horsepower is equivalent to 746 watts
30. a logarithmic mathematical ratio that indicates a devices electric or acoustic signal to that of another

1. A standard system used in the United States for designating the size of an electrical conductor based on a geometric progression between two conductor sizes.
2. a device that converts DC electricity into single or multiphase AC electricity.
4. the total opposing force to the flow of current in an ac circuit.
7. a two-terminal electronic component with an asymmetric transfer characteristic
9. the flow of electrons through a conducting medium
10. the positive electrode
13. An electric current that reverses direction at regular intervals
15. a unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second.
16. measured in hertz
17. light Emitting Diode
19. Any change in the magnetic environment of a coil of wire will cause a voltage (emf) to be "induced" in the coil
22. prefix meaning 1,000
25. the unit expressing the rate of flow of an electric current
26. measured in amperes
29. early proponent of direct current