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Find the following electricity or electronics words.
- AMPERE - Measure of current
- AMPLIFIER - Signal booster
- BATTERY - Storage device
- DIODE - Lets current flow only in one direction
- EDISON - Famed inventor
- FRANKLIN - He used a kite to demonstrate that lightning is a form of electricity
- FREQUENCY - Measure of the rate of oscillation in alternating currents
- GENERATOR - Electrical power maker
- LASER - Device that generates an extremely narrow light beam
- MARCONI - Inventor who first demonstrated wireless communication
- MICROPHONE - Converts sound to electricity
- MICROWAVE - Form of energy used in a common kitchen appliance
- NUCLEAR - Controversial way of producing electricity
- OHMS - Measure of electrical resistance
- RHEOSTAT - Electrical control device
- SPEAKER - Converts electricity to sound
- SWITCH - On-off device
- TRANSFORMER - Device used to change current or voltage in AC circuits
- TRANSISTOR - Miniature marvel of electronics
- VACUUMTUBE - Old device used in radio, TV, etc., now obsolete
- VOLTAGE - Measure of electrical potential
- WATT - Scottish inventor whose name is used as a measure of power
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