Electricity

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity (5)
  2. 4. Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission (9)
  3. 5. The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element (plural) (5)
  4. 8. The ___ point of the Earth's axis (9)
  5. 10. Having a surplus of electrons (14)
  6. 11. A device that produces electricity (7)
  7. 12. Energy associated with electric charges, used to power lights and devices. (11)
  8. 13. A path through which electric current can flow. (7)
  9. 14. To direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes (7)
  10. 15. The sudden giving off of energy (9)

Down

  1. 1. The lines of force surrounding a permanent ___ or a moving charged particle (13)
  2. 2. A long rod of wood or metal or plastic (4)
  3. 3. A device that attracts iron and produces a ___ field (6)
  4. 6. To cause to move back by force or influence (5)
  5. 7. Engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction (9)
  6. 9. A stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron (plural) (7)