Electricity & Magnetism Study Guide

What is static electricity?

• An imbalance between negative and positive charges in an object

• A form of rain

• Electricity produced by humans

• A material that allows electricity to flow through it

How do unlike charges affect each other?

• They attract each other

• They repel each other

• They have no effect on each other

• They create a magnetic field

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What is a conductor?

• A material that allows electricity to flow through it

• A material that electricity cannot flow through

• A source of electricity

• A device that controls the circuit

What is an electromagnet?

• A magnet that keeps its magnetism

• A temporary magnet

• A material that becomes magnetized but only for a short time

• A magnet created by an electric current

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What is the purpose of a switch in an electric circuit?

• To control the flow of electricity

• To act as a conductor

• To produce a magnetic field

• To connect the wires

What causes clothes coming out of a dryer to crackle and to stick together?

• Elmer's School Glue
• Static Electricity
• Current electricity
• magnetism
• erosion

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Electricity is a flow of electrons around a(n)

• electron
• proton
• generator
• circuit

What is an example of static electricity found in nature?

• thunder
• rain
• snow
• hail
• lightning

Wood is a good conductor.

• True
• False

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What does this diagram show?

• attract
• repel

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