Electricity Symbols and Circuits
Across
- 1. _______ resistors are used to control current in a circuit
- 5. Voltmeters must be connected in ____
- 8. Used to measure amps
- 9. Safety feature, melts if current gets too high
- 10. Unit for charge
- 12. Unit for time
- 13. In a series circuit the current stays the _____
- 14. Limits the flow of charge
- 16. Used to turn circuits on and off
- 17. In a parallel circuit the potential difference is the ____ across components
- 22. Light ____ resistor are used in streetlamps
- 24. Use of a thermistor
- 26. In a parallel circuit the resistance is ____ than the smallest individual resistance
- 27. Light _____ diode are also known as LEDs
- 30. Component that allows current to flow in one direction only
- 31. In a series circuit the resistance is the ____ of the individual resistances of each component
- 32. In a parallel circuit the potential difference is ____ on each branch
Down
- 2. As the length of a wire increases the resistance _____
- 3. Resistance depends on temperature
- 4. As the light intensity increases the resistance of an LDR _____
- 6. As the temperature of a thermistor decreases the resistance ____
- 7. Power source of a circuit
- 11. Used to measure potential difference
- 15. In a series circuit the potential difference is _____ across components
- 18. Unit for current
- 19. Lots of cells put together
- 20. Unit for potential difference
- 21. Ammeters must be connected in _____
- 23. Subatomic particle that moves around a circuit
- 25. Light up when current goes through it
- 28. Circuits must not have ____
- 29. Unit for resistance