Electricity and Magnetism

Copper is used in wiring because it is an excellent______________ of electricity.

• circuit breaker
• conductor
• insulator
• fuse

Magnets have a north and a south ___________

• shape
• color
• pole
• region

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Magnets that are arranged like this will _______. 

• move away from each other (repel)
• move towards each other (attract)

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Rubber is a good insulator.

• true

• false

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Lightning is an example of static electricity.

• true
• false

A circuit that has more than one path for electricity to follow is a...

• series
• static
• broken
• parallel

When a switch is turned on, you close a circuit so that it is___________.

• incomplete
• inactive
• complete
• broken

What kind of magnet can be turned on and off?

• refridgerator magnet
• electromagnet
• magnetite
• iron

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Where is the strongest attraction force of the magnet?

• at the poles
• in the middle
• above the magnet
• below the magnet

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

• they repel
• they attract
• they cancel each other out
• the strength of the magnet is doubled

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