Electricity and Magnets

What causes electricity?

• moving neutrons
• moving protons
• moving atoms
• moving electrons

What type of charge do electrons have?

• negative
• positive 
• neutral
• nothing

What type of electricity occurs when you rub a balloon on your sweater?

• thermal electricity
• current electricity
• static electricity
• work electricity

The movement of electrically charged particles is 

• electric current
• electric circuit
• electric resistance

Material that PREVENTS electric current or heat from flowing.

• electromagnetic field
• electric current
• insulator

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Material that allows electric current or heat to flow through easily.

• electromagnetic field
• conductor
• open circuit
• electric current

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A(n)    is a closed loop of conductive material that a current can flow through.

• electric current
• electric circuit
• electric resistance

In which of these circuits will the light bulb turn on?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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Magnets have opposite poles, sometimes called north and south.  When you put the north poles of two magnets together, the magnets will ________.

• Repel
• Explode
• Attract
• Spin

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The path through which electricity flows is called a _________.

• Trail
• Circuit
• Receiver
• Power Source

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