Electricity & Magnesium Crossword Puzzle
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- 2. Flow of electric current through a conductor, such as a wire. Electricity is sometimes also used to describe electrostatic charges.
- 5. sum of the voltage drops (voltage differences) around a closed loop equals zero.
- 10. amount of electrical potential energy that each unit of electric charge has.
- 13. one of two types of electric charge. See also positive charge.
- 14. buildup of electrical charge, either positive or negative, on the surface of an insulating material.
- 18. the arrows that depict the direction of the magnetic force in a magnetic field.
- 21. unit of electric potential and electric potential difference.
- 22. symbol used to represent a component of a circuit in a circuit diagram.
- 25. device with two parallel conducting plates separated by a narrow gap usually filled with an insulating material.
- 26. fundamental force that charged objects exert on each other.
- 27. study of electric charges at rest.
- 28. SI unit for electric charge.
- 30. electrical device that has a complete or continuous path that electricity can flow through.
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- 1. device that transforms or converts chemical energy into electrical energy or electric current.
- 3. electrical device that resists the flow of electric current.
- 4. vector arrows that depict visually the direction and magnitude of an electric field.
- 6. unit of electrical resistance.
- 7. force exerted on an object in a magnetic field.
- 8. unit of electric current, equivalent to one coulomb of charge per second.
- 9. property of a material that describes its ability to exert a force on a magnet or a magnetic material.
- 11. two regions in a magnetic field, called magnetic north and south poles, that produce the strongest magnetic force.
- 12. difference in the electric potential between two locations. In electric circuits, potential difference and voltage are often used interchangeably.
- 15. electric circuit with a break that prevents electricity from flowing through it. The opposite of a closed circuit.
- 16. electric circuit where the electric current can take more than one path.
- 17. scientific instrument used to detect charged objects.
- 19. electrical potential energy per unit charge for an electric field.
- 20. force field surrounding magnetic objects.
- 23. physical phenomenon produced by the motion of electric charge, resulting in attractive and repulsive forces between objects
- 24. material, such as a metal, that offers low resistance to the flow of electric current.
- 29. electric circuit where the electric current has only one path.