Across
- 3. scientific principle explaining the relationships among voltage, resistance and current in a conductor
- 6. negatively charged subatomic particle which orbits the atom’s nucleus
- 9. amount of current a conductor can handle before its temperature exceeds accepted limits causing it to deteriorate
- 11. flow of electric charge
- 12. physical property allowing a material to resist the flow of electricity
- 14. unit of measurement for electromotive force
- 15. unit of measurement for electric current; one coulomb per second equals one
- 16. closed path in which electric current flows
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- 1. unit of measurement for electric power
- 2. electricity which is not moving; caused by the triboelectric effect
- 4. building of electric charge generated by friction
- 5. movement of electrons carrying energy
- 7. capacity to transmit something, for example electricity or heat
- 8. unit of measurement for electrical resistance
- 10. opposition to the flow of an electrical current
- 13. quantity of electricity
- 15. often abbreviated to ‘amp’