Science: Matter and Energy - Quiz 18

Aria rubbed a balloon on her hair and noticed it sticking to the wall. What is the simplest form of electricity she observed?

• Static electricity

• Current electricity

• Alternating current

• Direct current

Elijah is conducting an experiment in his physics class to measure electric charge. What is the SI unit of electric charge?

• Ampere

• Volt

• Coulomb

• Ohm

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What is the act of transferring electric charge between two objects through direct contact?

• Induction

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

Evelyn is observing how a positive test charge moves in an electric field. The arrows that indicate the path it would take are called ____.

• Lines of Electric Force

• Uniform fields

• Magnetic lines

• Current paths

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Emma is setting up a circuit for her science project. She observes the flow of charge from one part of the circuit to another. This flow of charge is called ____.

• Voltage

• Resistance

• Current

• Power

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Rohan is conducting an experiment in his physics class to detect small electric charges. He uses a simple device that operates on the laws of electrostatics. What is this device called?

• Electrometer

• Voltmeter

• Ammeter

• Electroscope

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The law stating that opposite charges attract and like charges repel is the ____.

• Law of electric charges

• Law of magnetism

• Law of conservation

• Law of induction

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Grace is conducting an experiment with a magnet and a small particle. She observes that the particle is repelled by the negative pole of the magnet. What type of charge does the particle, an electron, have?

• Current

• Neutral

• Negative

• Positive

What is the process of diverting unwanted electric charge directly into the earth?

• Induction

• Conduction

• Neutralizing

• Grounding

Noah is conducting an experiment in his chemistry class. He is working with various liquids and solutions that contain ions. What are these liquids and solutions called?

• Effluvia

• Plasma

• Electrolytes

• Cations