Across
- 2. power plant where remains of ancient marine plankton are burn release heat, which is used to boil water to drive a steam turbine; the fuel source is a gas
- 4. A solenoid with a ferromagnetic core that forms a magnet that can be turned on and off.
- 8. a region on a magnet where the force produced by the magnet is strongest.
- 10. a force associated with charged particles, which has two aspects, electric force and magnetic
- 15. a facility that uses heat from nuclear reactors to produce electrical energy
- 16. a device with fanlike blades that turn when pushed, for example, by water or steam.
- 17. a transformer that decreases voltage
- 19. Energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy
- 20. a material that can be magnetized because it contains magnetic domains.
- 21. the area surrounding Earth that is influenced by Earth's magnetic field
- 22. A power plant that uses moving water to power a turbine generator to produce electricity.
- 24. a coil of current carrying wire that produces a magnetic field.
- 25. Energy produced by burning coal
Down
- 1. the process of generating a current by moving an electrical conductor relative to a magnetic
- 3. power plants that use the heat of hydrothermal reservoirs to produce steam and turn turbines
- 5. a device that uses an electromagnet to measure electric current
- 6. charge.
- 7. A machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy
- 9. The use of a windmill to drive an electric generator
- 11. a transformer that increases voltage
- 12. The area of magnetic force around a magnet
- 13. A device that increases or decreases the voltage of two linked AC circuits.
- 14. the force a magnetic field exerts on a magnet, on a ferromagnet material, or on a moving
- 18. a region that has a large number of atoms with aligned magnetic fields.
- 23. a device that uses an electromagnet to turn an axle.