Electricity and Magnetism Vocabulary Quiz

What is a closed loop of conductive material that acts as a pathway for current between a power source and an electric device?

• Circuit

• Diode

• Resistor

• Transistor

What is the movement of an electric charge through an object or medium called?

• Voltage

• Current

• Resistance

• Induction

Which material allows heat or electric current to flow through easily?

• Insulator

• Conductor

• Semiconductor

• Resistor

What is an electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction?

• Diode

• Transistor

• Switch

• Generator

What is a closed loop of conductors through which an electric current can flow?

• Electric Circuit

• Magnetic Field

• Static Electricity

• Electromagnet

What is a region around a charged particle or object within which a force would be exerted on other charged particles or objects?

• Electric Field

• Magnetic Field

• Electromagnetic Induction

• Resistance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What is the attractive or repulsive interaction between any two charged objects?

• Electric Force

• Voltage

• Current

• Resistance

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

NGSS.HS-PS3-5

What machine uses magnets and electricity to make things move?

• Electric Motor

• Generator

• Transistor

• Resistor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

What is the potential energy per unit of charge that an object would have at a point in space?

• Electric Potential

• Voltage

• Current

• Resistance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

What is a temporary magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by electric current?

• Electromagnet

• Resistor

• Diode

• Transistor

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5