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Electricity Study Guide

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Unlike charges do what to each other?

a)

repel

b)

attract

2.

Like charges do what to each other?

a)

repel

b)

attract

3.

A negatively charged balloon can stick to the wall after what kind of charges of the wall are pushed away?

a)

positive

b)

negative

4.

When negative charges jump from a cloud to the ground, this occurs.

a)

lightning

b)

rain

5.

What must an electric charge do to be useful?

a)

remain still

b)

flow

6.

An electric current is a stream of what kind of charges?

a)

negative

b)

positive

7.

What kind of circuit can charges move through?

a)

closed

b)

open

8.

Electricity can easily pass through what?

a)

a conductor

b)

an insulator

9.

Electricity can power which of these?

a)

faucet

b)

flashlight

10.

What will happen to a buzzer connected to an open circuit?

a)

It will buzz

b)

It will NOT buzz

11.

An object that allows electricity to flow through it.

a)

Conductor

b)

Insulator

12.

An object that does NOT allow electricity to flow through it.

a)

Conductor

b)

Insulator

13.

Part of a light bulb that glows

a)

parallel

b)

fuse

c)

filament

d)

fluorescent

14.

Bulb filled with mercury gas

a)

fluorescent

b)

incandescent

c)

series

d)

filament

15.

Bulb that produces two forms of energy

a)

parallel

b)

fuse

c)

fluorescent

d)

incandescent

16.

Circuit connected in a single path

a)

parallel

b)

fuse

c)

series

d)

circuit breaker

17.

Circuit that has more than one path

a)

parallel

b)

fuse

c)

series

d)

filament

18.

Switch that opens a circuit by shutting off

a)

fuse

b)

series

c)

parallel

d)

circuit breaker

19.

Device that opens a circuit by melting

a)

parallel

b)

fuse

c)

filament

d)

circuit breaker

20.

Which term does not belong?

a)

circuit breaker

b)

series

c)

fuse

21.

Which term does not belong?

a)

carbon

b)

parallel

c)

series

22.

Which term does not belong?

a)

filament

b)

mercury

c)

incandescent

23.

Which term does not belong?

a)

fluorescent

b)

ultraviolet

c)

tungsten

24.

Which term does not belong?

a)

lamps

b)

fuse

c)

flashlight