Year 9/10 electricity post topic test

A material that allows electricity to flow is called a(n)

• insulator

• Conductor

Direct current is

• the flow of electricity in one direction in a circuit

• the flow of electricity backwards then forwards changing many times per second in a circuit

What is electricity?

What is static electricity and how is electric charge involved?

Provide an example of when static electricity can be observed in everyday life and explain what is happening.

What is current electricity and explain why it requires a closed circuit.

Explain what voltage means to you and how it affects electricity flowing in a circuit.

Give three ways you could save energy at home.

Draw a simple circuit using the correct symbols for electrical components for 2 lamps powered by a single battery with a 2 switches to turn them on or off separately.