Grade 6 Electricity Quiz

Batteries produce electricity. What kind of energy does it start with?

• electrical
• chemical
• static
• insulator

What is rubber is an example of?

• insulator

• conductor

• time displacement

• electrons

What do you need for a simple circuit?

• wires, switch, and load
• power source, switch, and wires
• power source, switch, and load
• power source, wires, and load

What is a load in a circuit?

• the source of power

• the object that uses the electricity

• the rubber around the wire

• the object that turns the circuit on and off

In a battery, electrons flow from.......

• the positive end to the negative end

• the cathode to the anode

• the anode to the cathode

• the anode to the electrolytes

When you rub a balloon on your hair, what goes from your hair to the balloon?

• electrons

• protons

• atoms

• neutrons

What kind of charge will an object have if it loses lots of electrons?

• static

• current

• positive

• negative

A complete, closed path through which electric charges flow

• electric circuit
• switch
• parallel circuit 
• series circuit

To complete a circuit the switch must be

• unattached
• open
• closed

Two batteries in a circuit could make the lights in the circuit brighter than one battery.

• true

• false