Electricity Study Guide

The shock you sometimes feel when you touch a metal doorknob on a dry day is electric (a)   .

• circuit
• current
• discharge
• resistance

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Choose the correct sentence.

• This circuit will work because it is an open circuit.
• This circuit will work because it is a closed circuit.
• This circuit will NOT work because it is an open circuit.
• This circuit will NOT work because it is a closed circuit.

Which of the following is a circuit that has only ONE path for electricity? (a)  

• parallel circuit
• series circuit
• open circuit
• closed circuit

A complete path around which electricity can flow.

• electricity

• circuit

• insulator

• conductor

Which device or devices could be removed without breaking an electric circuit? (a)  

• only the lightbulb
• only the switch
• the battery and they switch
• the lightbulb and the switch

How is electricity formed?

• transfer of protons

• transfer of atoms

• transfer of electrons

• transfer of neutrons

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Which of the following is a circuit that has MORE than one path (there are two or more pathways) for electricity?

• parallel circuit

• series circuit

• open circuit

• closed circiut

The build up of an electric charge on an object is called:

• conductor

• friction

• static electricity

• electric discharge

Which of the following is an example of human harnessed electricity? (a)  

• lightning
• electric generator
• static electricity

An incomplete circuit is shown.
To complete the circuit, a wire should be placed from —

• Point D to Point C
• Point B to Point C
• Point A to Point D
• Point B to Point D