Electricity & Magnetism Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. of electric current through a conductor such as a wire.
- 4. The opposite of an open circuit.
- 5. unit of electric potential and electric potential difference.
- 7. electrical device that has a complete or continuous path that electricity can flow through.
- 9. electric circuit where the electric current has only one path.
- 13. total or combined resistance of a circuit with more than one resistor.
- 14. opposition that a conducting material or device offers to resist the flow of current.
- 16. flow of electric charges, usually in wires or other conductors.
- 17. amount of electrical potential energy that each unit of electric charge has.
- 21. measure of consumed energy typically used by power companies.
- 24. electric circuit where the electric current can take more than one path.
- 25. device that transforms or converts chemical energy into electrical energy or electric current.
Down
- 1. sum of all currents entering a junction must equal the sum of all currents exiting that junction.
- 2. material that is a poor conductor of electric current.
- 6. sum of the voltage drops around a closed loop equals zero.
- 8. the difference in the electric potential between two locations
- 10. electric circuit where the resistance is very low or near zero, resulting in high current flow that exceeds the circuit’s design limits and can damage the components.
- 11. electrical device that resists the flow of electric current.
- 12. instrument with different settings that can measure current, voltage, or resistance .
- 15. material, such as a metal, that offers low resistance to the flow of electric current.
- 18. electric circuit with a break that prevents electricity from flowing through it.
- 19. current in an electric circuit is proportional to the voltage applied and inversely proportional to the resistance.
- 20. safety device in a circuit that stops the flow of current when a maximum current is exceeded.
- 22. unit of electric current, equivalent to one coulomb of charge per second.
- 23. instrument to measure the voltage, or potential difference across one or more components of a closed circuit.