SCIENCE VOCABULARY
Across
- 3. - the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument
- 6. Circuit - an electrical path that branches so that the current divides and only part of it flows through any branch
- 8. - Basic unit of life
- 9. - a material or device that conducts or transmits heat, electricity, or sound, especially when regarded in terms of its capacity to do this
- 11. Circuit - any electrically conducting pathway comprising an electric circuit along which the whole current flows through each component
- 12. - difference in electric potential between two points
- 13. - the uppercase Greek letter omega) is the unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI).
- 14. - a roughly circular line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place
- 15. - electrical resistance of a conductor of unit cross-sectional area and unit length
- 16. Diagram - Graphical representation of an electrical circuit
- 17. - Device that produces electricity from chemical energy
- 19. - a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit
Down
- 1. - the degree to which a specified material conducts electricity, calculated as the ratio of the current density in the material to the electric field that causes the flow of current.
- 2. - a substance which does not readily allow the passage of heat or sound
- 4. - a form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (such as electrons or protons), either statically as an accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current.
- 5. - the unit of electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI)
- 7. - a safety device consisting of a strip of wire that melts and breaks an electric circuit if the current exceeds a safe level
- 9. - a flow of electricity that results from the ordered directional movement of electrically charged particles.
- 10. Law - description of the relationship between current, voltage, and resistance.
- 18. - Unit of electric current