Electricity and Magnetism Quiz

Static electricity is ____________________.

• When positive and negative charges repel each other
• When positive and negative charges are not present
• The flow of positive charges
• the buildup of electric charges in one place

A conductor is _______________________.

• a material that resists the flow of electricity
• a material through which heat and electricity flow easily
• a material that insulates the circuit
• a material that produces electricity

An electric circuit with only one path for current is called a ______________.

• parallel circuit
• insulator
• series circuit
• resistor

A flow of electric charges is  ____________.

• an insulator
• a circuit
• a conductor
• an electric current

A material that slows the flow of heat and electricity is ____________________.

• a conductor
• an insulator
• a current
• a resistor

A magnet that has coils of current-carrying wire around an iron core is called __________________.

• a conductor
• an insulator
• an electromagnet
• a current

Which material would be a good conductor?

• wood
• cardboard
• metal
• paper

In a series circuit, if one light bulb is removed, the rest of the light bulbs would _____________.

• stay lit
• not work
• short circuit
• burn out

Adding another light bulb to a series circuit would ____________.

• make the lights dimmer
• make the lights brighter
• turn off the lights
• burn out the lights

In a parallel circuit with three light bulbs, if one of the light bulbs were removed, the other light bulbs would _____________.

• not work
• continue working
• short circuit
• turn off