Quiz about Electricity & Magnetism Unit Quiz Review

Question 1

____________ allows electricity to flow easily.

Accepted Answer

A conductor

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An insulator

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A magnet

Question 2

____________ does not allow electricity to flow very easily.

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An insulator

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A conductor

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A magnet

Question 3

The plastic around the wire is

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insulator

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conductor

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decoration

Question 4

Two like charges:

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repel each other.

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neutralize each other.

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must be neutrons.

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attract each other.

Question 5

The charge of an electron is:

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Negative.

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Positive.

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Electrons have no charge

Question 6

Which of these is the proton?

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C

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A

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B

Question 7

Electric charges that are alike _______ each other.

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Repel

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Attract

Question 8

What types of charges attract?

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Positive and Negative

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Positive and Positive

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Positive and Neutral

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Negative and Neutral

Question 9

Opposite charges

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attract

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have no force

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repel

Question 10

Like charges

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repel

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attract

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have no force

Question 11

Which of these materials is a conductor?

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Copper

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Rubber

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Plastic

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Glass

Question 12

Which type of material DOES NOT allow electric current to flow through it easily?

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An insulator

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A magnet

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A conductor

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A metal

Question 13

What will happen when these magnets are brought close together?

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They will repel each other.

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They will attract each other.

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Both magnets will turn to the left

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Both magnets will turn to the right

Question 14

Magnets have a north and a south ___________

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pole

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shape

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color

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region

Question 15

Iron, Nickel and cobalt are all __________________ materials

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magnetic

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Shiny

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poles

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cold

Question 16

What happens when two north poles of a magnet are placed together?

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they repel

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they attract

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they cancel each other out

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the strength of the magnet is doubled

Question 17

A device that uses a free-moving magnetic needle to show direction is a:

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compass

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Ruler

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magnet

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magnetic field

Question 18

A north pole and a south pole will attract.

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True

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False

Question 19

What is a magnetic field?

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area of magnetic force around a magnet

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purple lines with arrows

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it's like a really big football field

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area of a magnet around a magnetic force

Question 20

What is the charge of the neutron?

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Neutral (no charge)

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Negative

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Positive

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electrical charge

Question 21

Where on a magnet is the force the strongest?

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Magnetic Pole

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Attract

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Repel

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Conductor

Question 22

What happens when the south poles of two magnetic fields overlap?

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Repel

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Attract

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Conduct

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Insulate

Question 23

What is the name for any object that attracts the metal iron?

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Magnet

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Circuit

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Conductor

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Insulator

Question 24

Any attraction or repulsion between magnets is called...

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Magnetic Force

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Electric Resistance

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Electric Current

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Voltage

Question 25

What happens when the north and south poles of two magnetic fields overlap?

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Attraction

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Repulsion

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Resistance

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Current

Question 26

Materials which can conduct electricity better than insulator,but not as well as conductors. This is the definition of

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semiconductor

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diode

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conductor

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insulator

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superconductor

Question 27

What is the most common example of a semiconductor?

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Silicon

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Quartz

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Diamond

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Tantalum

Question 28

Choose all the items that are insulators.

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rubber band

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piece of wood

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cotton

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nail

Question 29

Choose all of the conductors below.

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metal wire

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paper clip

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metal prong on a plug

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cotton ball

Question 30

Particles with opposite charges ____________ and particles with same (or like) charges ____________.

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attract, repel

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repel, repel

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attract, attract

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repel, attract

Question 31

Which of the following is not a good conductor?

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Plastic

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Copper

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Silver

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Aluminum

Question 32

What is responsible for creating a magnetic field around Earth?

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Earth's iron core

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Earth's crust

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Earth's mantle

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Earth's atmosphere

Question 33

The interrelation of electricity and magnetism

This refer to

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Electromagnetism

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Electric

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Electronic

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Electrostatic

Question 34

What do we call materials through which an electric current cannot easily flow?

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insulator

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conductor

Question 35

What do we call any type of material through which an electric current can flow?

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conductors

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insulators

Question 36

What do you call the flow of an electric charge through a conductor (usually the electric charge flows through a wire)?

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electric current

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electric force

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power supply

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electromagnet

Question 37

What is the area around this object called where there is a force?

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magnetic field

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magnetism

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electromagnet

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power source

Question 38

What is a property of certain types of materials that allows them to attract or repel other objects that have this property?

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magnetism

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electromagnet

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magnetic field

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power source

Question 39

Region surrounding a magnet that exerts a force on other magnets and objects made of magnetic materials.

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magnetic field

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magnetic domain

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magnetism

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electromagnetic force

Question 40

Materials, like metals, in which electrons can move easily

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conductors

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insulators

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resistors

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compositors

Question 41

A region surrounding every electric charge in which a force of attraction or repulsion is exerted on other electric charges

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electric field

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electric domain

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electric current

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electric path

Question 42

Opposite charges do this

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attract

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repel

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friction

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ohm

Question 43

Like poles/charges do this

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repel

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attract

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spin

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take it back now y'all

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cha cha

Question 44

Positive charge in the atom

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protons

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neutrons

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electrons

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brotons

Question 45

Particle in the atom with a negative charge

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electrons

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proton

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neutrons

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negativetrons

Question 46

Magnet

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Any material that attracts iron and material that contains iron.

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The strongest parts of the magnet

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I don't know

Question 47

Magnetic Pole

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The strongest parts of a magnet.

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Any material that attracts iron and materials that contain iron.

Answer

Attraction or repulsion between magnetic poles.

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Relating to matter with strong magnetic properties.

Question 48

Area of magnetic force around a magnet.

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Magnetic Fields

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Magnetic Field Lines

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Magnetic Pole

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Magnet

Question 49

What material is a good conductor?

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copper

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wood

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rubber

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plastic

Question 50

What material is an insulator?

Accepted Answer

plastic

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coper

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silver

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gold

Question 51

Why are the wires covered in plastic?

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keeps you from getting shocked

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keeps the wire from scratching stuff

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makes a nice coil

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it is a conductor

Question 52

Which item sticks to a magnet?

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paper clips

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rubber band

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craft sticks

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plastic straws

Question 53

Magnetism created by an electric current

Accepted Answer

electromagnetism

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electricity

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wind energy

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