Understanding circuits

What are materials that allow electricity to flow easily called?

• Conductors

• Insulators

• Neutrons

• Protons

What are materials like rubber and plastic called because they prevent electric current from flowing?

• Insulators

• Conductors

• Electrons

• Protons

What happens when two objects with opposite electrical charges come near each other?

• They repel each other

• They attract each other

• They remain neutral

• They cancel out

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Which of the following best describes an electric charge?

• The energy stored in a battery

• A property that causes protons and electrons to attract or repel each other

• The process of creating electricity in a power plant

• The flow of electricity in a closed circuit

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What kind of charge does an electron have?

• Positive

• Neutral

• Negative

• It depends on the situation

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What does it mean if an object is neutral?

• It has more protons than electrons

• It has no electric charge

• It only repels other objects

• It only attracts other objects

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What does electricity refer to?

• The flow of electric charge

• A type of magnetism

• The balance between protons and neutrons

• The force that pushes objects with the same charge apart

If two objects have the same electric charge, what will they do?

• Repel each other

• Attract each other

• Become neutral

• Lose their charges

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Objects with opposite electric charges __________ each other.

• repel

• attract

• neutral

• positive

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Objects with the same electric charge __________ each other.

• attract

• repel

• neutral

• positive

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