Electricity 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

Which statement best describes the circuit in the diagram?

• It is a series circuit.
• It is a parallel circuit.
• There are 2 paths.
• The circuit is opened.

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the circuit in the diagram?

• If one light goes out the other light will also go out because it is a series circuit.
• There is only 1 path.
• If one light goes out the other light will stay on because it is a parallel circuit.
• The circuit is opened.

Multiple Choice

A student built a series circuit, as shown. One lightbulb cracked and quit working. What will happen to the other lightbulbs in the circuit?

• They will all go off.

• They will all stay on.

• One will go off and one will stay on.

• They will all crack.

Multiple Choice

When you add hot soup to a cold bowl, ______ energy transfers from the soup to the bowl.

• motion energy

• light energy

• sound energy

• heat energy

Multiple Choice

Playing a drum produces ________, which is a form of energy that you can hear.

• light

• sound

• heat

• stored energy

Multiple Choice

What two kinds of energy are the lamps transferring to the food?

• light and heat

• light and sound

• electrical and motion

• sound and heat

Multiple Choice

A hairdryer transfers energy from _______ energy to heat and sound energy.

• electrical

• heat

• sound

• light