Electricity and Circuits TCAP Review

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a conductor?

• Paper straw

• Aluminum can

• Log

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an insulator?

• Glass

• Copper

• Human body

Multiple Choice

What material would be safest to use as an insulator to cover electrical wires?

• rubber

• tin

• aluminum

• water

Multiple Choice

This circuit is .....?

• open

• parallel

• closed

• shows the flow of electricity

Multiple Choice

When all parts of the circuit are connected, it is a ______ circuit. 

• open

• closed

Multiple Choice

When you flip a light switch on and off you are closing and opening a circuit.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Which of these best completes the circuit?

• rubber band

• metal nail

• leather shoelace

• wooden toothpick

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct sentence.

• This circuit will work because it is a closed circuit.

• Energy will freely flow in this circuit.

• This circuit will not work because there is no energy source.

• This circuit will not work because there is no switch.

Multiple Choice

When two objects _______________, some energy is transferred from one object to another and some is transferred to the air, producing a louder sound.

• speed up

• transfer

• move

• collide

Multiple Choice

Which statement best explains what happens to the energy of the soccer ball when it is kicked by the soccer player?

• When the boy kicks the ball, energy transfers from the ball to the boys leg.

• The soccer ball is still moving, so there is no transfer of energy to or from the ball.

• There is a transfer of energy from the ball to the boy's leg, increasing the energy of the balls movement

• There is a transfer of energy from the boy's leg to the ball, increasing the energy of the ball's movement.

Multiple Choice

What happens in a domino game when one domino hits another?

• The domino stops

• The domino jumps

• The motion transfers

• The domino disappears