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WorksheetsElectricity Quiz Game
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 26mins
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Class
Date
1.
Electricity is a form of _________
a)
energy
b)
light
c)
electric poles
d)
wires
2.
Some examples of static electricity are...
a)
lightning
b)
when your laundry is stuck together
c)
when you rub a balloon on your shirt or hair and the balloon sticks to the wall.
d)
All of the answers are correct
3.
Current electricity is a stream of ___________ flowing through a conductor.
a)
protons
b)
neutrons
c)
electrons
d)
none of the answer are correct.
4.
Often power plants use ___________ inside copper wires to produce the electricity that is sent through wires to our homes, schools, and businesses.
a)
magnets
b)
electromagnets
c)
turbins
d)
protons
5.
What is the first step for electricity to get to our homes?
a)
Once the electricity is created, it is sent through a transformer, which increases the voltage so that it can be sent long distances...
b)
Once the electricity nears its destination. It goes through a substation that will return the electricity to low-voltage electricity so that it can be sent over the smaller power lines that run to your home...
c)
Electricity enters the building in the service panel in the basement or garage. This panel uses breakers or fuses to protect the wires from being overloaded...
d)
Electricity needs to be made somewhere. Power plants make electricity by using generators...
6.
What is the second step for electricity to get to our homes?
a)
Once the electricity is created, it is sent through a transformer, which increases the voltage so that it can be sent long distances...
b)
Once the electricity nears its destination. It goes through a substation that will return the electricity to low-voltage electricity so that it can be sent over the smaller power lines that run to your home...
c)
Electricity enters the building in the service panel in the basement or garage. This panel uses breakers or fuses to protect the wires from being overloaded...
d)
Electricity needs to be made somewhere. Power plants make electricity by using generators...
7.
What is the last step for electricity to get to our homes?
a)
Once the electricity is created, it is sent through a transformer, which increases the voltage so that it can be sent long distances...
b)
Once the electricity nears its destination. It goes through a substation that will return the electricity to low-voltage electricity so that it can be sent over the smaller power lines that run to your home...
c)
Electricity enters the building in the service panel in the basement or garage. This panel uses breakers or fuses to protect the wires from being overloaded...
d)
Electricity needs to be made somewhere. Power plants make electricity by using generators...
8.
Kinetic energy is energy that is in motion.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Potential Energy is when electricity creates motion, light or heat.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Electricity was not invented--it occurs naturally in our world, and always has.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
This scientist was believed to do experiments with lightning. He is credited with discovering positive and negative electricity. He also developed terms like: battery, conductor, condenser, charge, discharge, electric shock, and electrician.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Michael Faraday
d)
Albert Einstein
12.
The credit for generating electric current on a practical scale goes to the famous English scientist. He used an electromagnet to power a generator in the 1830s.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Michael Faraday
d)
Albert Einstein
13.
This scientists is credited with developing 1,093 inventions, but his most famous is he incandescent light bulb.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Michael Faraday
d)
Albert Einstein
14.
This famous scientist wrote four fundamental papers with a new understanding of the structure of light. He is most famous for the formula E=mc2
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Michael Faraday
d)
Albert Einstein
15.
A simple circuit will have these three items...
a)
Battery, wire, load
b)
Battery, wire, switch
c)
Battery, switch, load
d)
Bulb, wire, load
16.
A battery provides the ______ to keep the electrons moving in a circuit.
a)
moving
b)
power
c)
push
d)
none of these answers are correct
17.
What is a wire made out of?
a)
Copper
b)
Alluminum
c)
Metals
d)
All of these answers are correct
18.
Why do we use wire in a circuit?
a)
It is a conductor, which allows atoms to move easily through it.
b)
It is an insulator which allows atoms to move easily through it.
c)
It is cheap to make and easy to find
d)
None of the above
19.
What does a switch do?
a)
It controls the flow of electrons
b)
It opens the flow
c)
It keeps the circuit from overloading
d)
It lights up when electrons flow through the filament.
20.
How might you change a circuit?
a)
Add more bulbs?
b)
Add more batteries
c)
Switching the wires around
d)
All of the answers are correct
21.
Which of these circuits has only one path for a current to flow?
a)
Series
b)
Parallel
c)
An open circuit
d)
A closed circuit
22.
Which of these circuits has multiple one paths for a current to flow?
a)
Series
b)
Parallel
c)
An open circuit
d)
A closed circuit
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