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Electricity- 4th grade

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an electric charge that stays on an object?

a)

electric current

b)

static electricity

c)

conductor

d)

battery

2.

What supplies energy to move charges through a circuit?

a)

battery

b)

the sun

c)

an insulator

d)

a conductor

3.

What is material that electric current can pass through easily?

a)

a circuit

b)

a battery

c)

a conductor

d)

an insulator

4.

What is the path made for an electric current called?

a)

electric current

b)

an insulator

c)

a conductor

d)

a circuit

5.

What is material that electric current CANNOT easily pass through?

a)

electric current

b)

a conductor

c)

an insulator

d)

static electricity

6.

If there is a break along a series circuit what will happen?

a)

It will work but not as well.

b)

It will keep going because it is a series.

c)

It stops for a second and then reboots.

d)

It will stop working.

7.

Electric currents need a ________________ to keep electrons flowing.

a)

lots of neutrons and electrons.

b)

an energy source

c)

an insulator

d)

lightning

8.

What is it called if an object has the same number of positive and negative charges?

a)

neutral

b)

a resistor

c)

a parallel circuit

d)

positive

9.

Objects with opposite charges _________________ if held next to each other.

a)

repel

b)

explode

c)

attract

d)

are neutral

10.

True/False: Most objects we touch do NOT have an excess negative or positive charge. They are neutral.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What are two examples of static electricity?

a)

explosions and lightning

b)

lightning and getting a shock from a door knob.

c)

lightning and receiving a shock from an electrical outlet.

d)

shock from an electric outlet and a doorknob.

12.

If you have a break in a parallel circuit, what will happen to the lights (resistors)?

a)

They will stop working all together.

b)

They will stop temporarily and then reboot.

c)

They will keep working.

d)

They will send out static electricity.

13.

Fill in the following statement: "Energy is ______gained or _____, it is only _____________.

a)

always, lost, changed

b)

completely, changed, transformed

c)

never, lost, transformed

d)

always, lost, transformed

14.

If you have two objects with the same charges what will happen?

a)

they will attract one another.

b)

they will be neutral.

c)

they will repel from each other.

d)

they will create a static charge.

15.

What are the parts of a series circuit?

a)

the energy source and wires

b)

the switch and resistors.

c)

energy source, switch, resistor and wire

d)

energy source, light bulb, conductor and transistor

16.

What is an example of a resistor?

a)

a switch

b)

a battery

c)

the wires in a circuit

d)

A light bulb

17.

In a parallel circuit, there are multiple............

a)

resistors

b)

switches

c)

energy sources

d)

transistors

18.

True/ False: Only the positively charged particles on an object can move from one object to another.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What is an example of an insulator?

a)

metal

b)

rubber

c)

water

d)

fire

20.

What is an example of a conductor pertaining to the study of electricity?

a)

a train operator

b)

rubber

c)

metal

d)

bubble gum