The document describes compound words formed by combining two words to describe a single concept, defines various electrical and technological terms, and has the reader complete sentences using the defined terms. Specifically, it provides examples of compound words to describe panelboards, watertight materials, rainproof materials, switchboards, superconductors, and explosionproof materials. It then asks the reader to match descriptions to terms like laser, device, signal, radar, fibre optics, robotics, branch circuit, short circuit, breaker, and junction box. Finally, it has the reader complete a passage about electrical power generation and distribution using the defined terms.
The document describes compound words formed by combining two words to describe a single concept, defines various electrical and technological terms, and has the reader complete sentences using the defined terms. Specifically, it provides examples of compound words to describe panelboards, watertight materials, rainproof materials, switchboards, superconductors, and explosionproof materials. It then asks the reader to match descriptions to terms like laser, device, signal, radar, fibre optics, robotics, branch circuit, short circuit, breaker, and junction box. Finally, it has the reader complete a passage about electrical power generation and distribution using the defined terms.
The document describes compound words formed by combining two words to describe a single concept, defines various electrical and technological terms, and has the reader complete sentences using the defined terms. Specifically, it provides examples of compound words to describe panelboards, watertight materials, rainproof materials, switchboards, superconductors, and explosionproof materials. It then asks the reader to match descriptions to terms like laser, device, signal, radar, fibre optics, robotics, branch circuit, short circuit, breaker, and junction box. Finally, it has the reader complete a passage about electrical power generation and distribution using the defined terms.
The document describes compound words formed by combining two words to describe a single concept, defines various electrical and technological terms, and has the reader complete sentences using the defined terms. Specifically, it provides examples of compound words to describe panelboards, watertight materials, rainproof materials, switchboards, superconductors, and explosionproof materials. It then asks the reader to match descriptions to terms like laser, device, signal, radar, fibre optics, robotics, branch circuit, short circuit, breaker, and junction box. Finally, it has the reader complete a passage about electrical power generation and distribution using the defined terms.
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
Download as docx, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 3
I.
Express each of these ideas as a compound :
1. Aboard consisting of a number of panels Panelboard. 2. Material that does not allow water to get into it Watertight. 3. Material that does not allow rain to get into it Rainproof. 4. Aboard consisting of a number of electrical switches Switchboard. 5. Conductors which are perfect, conducting a current without a battery Superconductors. 6. Material that will not be damaged in an explosion Explosionproof. 7. Current which is greater than the load for which the system or mechanism was invented Overload. 8. Material that does not allow dust to get into it Dustproof.
II. What is being described? Find a word or phrase
from the page opposite : 1. It produces a narrow beam of light and can be used to read barcodes in a supermarket, play compact discs, etc Laser. 2. A word to describe any piece of equipment made for a specific purpose Device. 3. A pulse of light, current or sound that is used to convey information Signal. 4. A device that uses electromagnetic waves to calculate the distance of an object Radar. 5. A glass fibres that are used for data transmission Fibre optics. 6. The study of how robots are made and used Robotics. 7. A circuit where the current has a choice of paths Branch circuit. 8. A situation where the electrical current takes an easier path than the one intended Short circuit. 9. A piece of equipment that stops an electrical current if it becomes dangerous Breaker. 10. A connection paint where several cables are connected Junction (electrical) box.
III. Complete the text below with words from the
page opposite. The first letter of the missing words has been given : In power stations, high pressure steam, gas, water or wind is used to drive (a) turbines which turn huge (b) generators. Large power stations generate electricity at 25,000 volts. This is then stepped up to 275,000 or 400,000 volts using (c) transformers before being fed into a network of (d) cables known as the Grid. Electrical (e) power is then carried across the country by overhead (f) transmission lines. The Grid voltage is reduced by stepping down (g) transformers at substations before it is used in homes and factories. Some industrial plants take energy from the grid system at 33,000 or 11,000 volts, but for use in homes and offices are stepped down to a lower level. In the home, supply from the mains (h) cable passes through a main (i) fuse and then to a fuse box. The ring main (j) circuits connecting electric sockets. There are also two or three (k) lightning circuits and separate circuits for (l) appliances such as cookers and hot water heaters.