Across
- 1. direct current
- 4. alternating current
- 5. safety device consisting of a strip of wire that melts and breaks an electric circuit if the current exceeds a safe level
- 7. unit of electrical resistance
- 13. type of pressure that drives charge through an electrical circuit
- 15. an electrical component used to store an electrical charge
- 17. unit of work or energy
- 18. Opposition to current flow and dissipation of energy in the form of heat
- 19. a path for transmitting electric current
- 21. scientist who discovered the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis
- 24. Inventor who developed modern A/C and electrical supply systems
- 26. A two terminal device that conducts in only one direction
- 28. total opposition to the flow of current offered by a
- 29. unit of frequency
Down
- 1. Insulating material between two plates where an electrostatic field exists
- 2. actress who invented Wi-Fi and other wireless communications like GPS and Bluetooth
- 3. join with a low melting allow such as lead or tin
- 6. an electrical component that breaks or closes and electronic circuit
- 8. Inventor of the radio
- 9. Smallest sub atomic particle of negative charge that orbits the nucleus of an atom
- 10. unit of electric current
- 11. ground fault interrupter
- 12. power to provide light and heat or to work machines
- 14. physicist who discovered the relation between electrical potentials
- 16. connecting a conductor or an electrical device to the earth
- 20. a container in which chemical energy is converted into electricity
- 22. A circuit that increases the voltage, current, or power of a signal
- 23. scientist who developed electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures
- 25. the flow of electricity though a circuit
- 27. components in an electrical circuit that slow downs electrical current
