Electricity and Magnetism

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Across
  1. 2. A measure of the amount of electrical potential energy on an electron flowing in a circuit can gain
  2. 4. A device used to increase or decrease the voltage of an alternating current
  3. 7. A device that transforms electrical energy into kinetic energy
  4. 8. (Two Words) Rate at which electrical energy is converted into other forms of energy, measured in watts (W)
  5. 12. (Two Words) Electric current that changes it direction rapidly
  6. 14. Magnet created by wrapping a current carrying wire around an iron core
  7. 15. (Two Words)Electric current that flows only in one direction
  8. 16. Material that does not allow electrons to move easily through
  9. 17. Atom that is positively or negatively charged because i has gained or lost electrons
  10. 18. Closed conducting loop in which electric current can flow continually
  11. 20. (Two Words) A group of atoms who's fields point tin the same direction
  12. 22. Light display that occurs when charged articles trapped in the magnetosphere collide with Earth's atmosphere above the poles
  13. 23. (Two Words)Only one pathway for electricity to travel through
  14. 24. Device that uses a magnetic field to turn kinetic energy into electrical energy
Down
  1. 1. The measure of how difficult it is for electrons to flow in a material unit is Ohms
  2. 3. Two Words) Imbalance of electric charge on an object
  3. 5. (Two Words) States that the current in a circuit equals the voltage divided by the resistance
  4. 6. Material that allows electrons to move easily through
  5. 8. (Two Words) Rapid movement of excess charge from one place to another
  6. 9. (Two Words) Attractive or repulsive force exerted by all charged objects on each other
  7. 10. (Two Words) Surrounds a magnet and exerts a magnetic force on other magnets
  8. 11. (Two Words) More that one pathway for electricity to travel through
  9. 13. (Two Words)Flow of charge through a conductor measured in amps(A)
  10. 19. Region of space affected by Earth's magnetic field
  11. 21. (Two Words) Surrounds every electric charge and exerts forces on each other