Across
- 6. relating to or denoting a mechanical device which is electrically operated.
- 8. an electric current flowing in one direction only.
- 10. a flow of charged particles, such as electrons or ions, moving through an electrical conductor or space.
- 11. an electric current that reverses its direction many times a second at regular intervals, typically used in power supplies.
- 15. a device having a designed resistance to the passage of an electric current.
- 16. the hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber.
- 17. electric or motive power generated by a nuclear reactor.
- 18. the SI base unit of electrical current.
- 21. municipal solid waste from biogenic sources, landfill gas, sludge waste, agricultural crop byproducts, straw, and other biomass solids, liquids, and biogases
- 22. any electrically conducting pathway comprising an electric circuit along which the whole current flows through each component.
- 24. an instrument designed to measure electric current, voltage, and usually resistance, typically over several ranges of value.
- 25. a light-emitting diode (a semiconductor diode which glows when a voltage is applied).
Down
- 1. relating to or denoting the generation of electricity using flowing water (typically from a reservoir held behind a dam or other barrier) to drive a turbine that powers a generator.
- 2. a fuel derived directly from living matter.
- 3. electricity taken from the heat within the earth
- 4. a graphical representation of an electrical circuit.
- 5. the sun's rays as a source of energy from which power for domestic or industrial use may be generated.
- 7. the pressure from an electrical circuit's power source that pushes charged electrons (current) through a conducting loop, enabling them to do work such as illuminating a light.
- 9. a board for making an experimental model of an electric circuit.
- 12. one that has two or more paths for the electricity to flow, the loads are parallel to each other
- 13. a combustible black or dark brown rock consisting mainly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground deposits and widely used as fuel.
- 14. A gaseous mixture of hydrocarbon compounds
- 19. a measure of the opposition to current flow in an electrical circuit
- 20. a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons that is present in certain rock strata and can be extracted and refined to produce fuels including gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil; oil.
- 23. the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.