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Electricity & Magnetism Unit Quiz Review

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

____________ allows electricity to flow easily.

a)

A conductor

b)

An insulator

c)

A magnet

2.

____________ does not allow electricity to flow very easily.

a)

A conductor

b)

An insulator

c)

A magnet

3.
The plastic around the wire is
a)
conductor
b)
insulator
c)
decoration
4.
Two like charges:
a)
 neutralize each other.
b)
repel each other. 
c)
must be neutrons. 
d)
attract each other.
5.
The charge of an electron is:
a)
Positive. 
b)
Negative. 
c)
Electrons have no charge
6.
Which of these is the proton?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
7.
Electric charges that are alike _______ each other.
a)
Attract
b)
Repel
8.
What types of charges attract?
a)
Positive and Positive
b)
Positive and Neutral
c)
Negative and Neutral
d)
Positive and Negative
9.
Opposite charges
a)
attract
b)
have no force
c)
repel
10.
Like charges
a)
attract
b)
repel
c)
have no force
11.

Which of these materials is a conductor?

a)

Rubber

b)

Plastic

c)

Glass

d)

Copper

12.

Which type of material DOES NOT allow electric current to flow through it easily?

a)

An insulator

b)

A magnet

c)

A conductor

d)

A metal

13.
What will happen when these magnets are brought close together?
a)
They will attract each other.
b)
They will repel each other.
c)
Both magnets will turn to the left
d)
Both magnets will turn to the right
14.
Magnets have a north and a south ___________
a)
shape
b)
color
c)
pole
d)
region
15.
Iron, Nickel and cobalt are all __________________ materials
a)
Shiny
b)
poles
c)
magnetic
d)
cold
16.
What happens when two north poles of a magnet are placed together?
a)
they repel
b)
they attract
c)
they cancel each other out
d)
the strength of the magnet is doubled
17.
A device that uses a free-moving magnetic needle to show direction is a:
a)
Ruler
b)
magnet
c)
compass
d)
magnetic field
18.
A north pole and a south pole will attract.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
What is a magnetic field?
a)
purple lines with arrows
b)
area of magnetic force around a magnet
c)
it's like a really big football field
d)
area of a magnet around a magnetic force
20.
What is the charge of the neutron?
a)
Negative
b)
Positive
c)
electrical charge
d)
Neutral (no charge)
21.
Where on a magnet is the force the strongest?
a)
Magnetic Pole
b)
Attract
c)
Repel
d)
Conductor
22.
What happens when the south poles of two magnetic fields overlap?
a)
Attract
b)
Repel
c)
Conduct
d)
Insulate
23.
What is the name for any object that attracts the metal iron?
a)
Magnet
b)
Circuit
c)
Conductor
d)
Insulator
24.
Any attraction or repulsion between magnets is called...
a)
Electric Resistance
b)
Electric Current
c)
Magnetic Force
d)
Voltage
25.
What happens when the north and south poles of two magnetic fields overlap?
a)
Attraction
b)
Repulsion
c)
Resistance
d)
Current
26.

Materials which can conduct electricity better than insulator,but not as well as conductors. This is the definition of

a)

diode

b)

semiconductor

c)

conductor

d)

insulator

e)

superconductor

27.

What is the most common example of a semiconductor?

a)

Quartz

b)

Silicon

c)

Diamond

d)

Tantalum

28.

Choose all the items that are insulators.

a)

rubber band

b)

nail

c)

piece of wood

d)

cotton

29.

Choose all of the conductors below.

a)

metal wire

b)

paper clip

c)

metal prong on a plug

d)

cotton ball

30.

Particles with opposite charges ____________ and particles with same (or like) charges ____________.

a)

attract, repel

b)

repel, repel

c)

attract, attract

d)

repel, attract

31.

Which of the following is not a good conductor?

a)

Copper

b)

Silver

c)

Aluminum

d)

Plastic

32.

What is responsible for creating a magnetic field around Earth?

a)

Earth's crust

b)

Earth's iron core

c)

Earth's mantle

d)

Earth's atmosphere

33.

The interrelation of electricity and magnetism


This refer to

a)

Electric

b)

Electronic

c)

Electrostatic

d)

Electromagnetism

34.

What do we call materials through which an electric current cannot easily flow?

a)

conductor

b)

insulator

35.

What do we call any type of material through which an electric current can flow?

a)

conductors

b)

insulators

36.

What do you call the flow of an electric charge through a conductor (usually the electric charge flows through a wire)?

a)

electric force

b)

power supply

c)

electromagnet

d)

electric current

37.

What is the area around this object called where there is a force?

a)

magnetism

b)

electromagnet

c)

magnetic field

d)

power source

38.

What is a property of certain types of materials that allows them to attract or repel other objects that have this property?

a)

electromagnet

b)

magnetism

c)

magnetic field

d)

power source

39.

Region surrounding a magnet that exerts a force on other magnets and objects made of magnetic materials.

a)

magnetic domain

b)

magnetism

c)

electromagnetic force

d)

magnetic field

40.

Materials, like metals, in which electrons can move easily

a)

conductors

b)

insulators

c)

resistors

d)

compositors

41.

A region surrounding every electric charge in which a force of attraction or repulsion is exerted on other electric charges

a)

electric domain

b)

electric current

c)

electric field

d)

electric path

42.

Opposite charges do this

a)

attract

b)

repel

c)

friction

d)

ohm

43.

Like poles/charges do this

a)

attract

b)

repel

c)

spin

d)

take it back now y'all

e)

cha cha

44.

Positive charge in the atom

a)

neutrons

b)

electrons

c)

protons

d)

brotons

45.

Particle in the atom with a negative charge

a)

proton

b)

neutrons

c)

electrons

d)

negativetrons

46.

Magnet

a)

Any material that attracts iron and material that contains iron.

b)

The strongest parts of the magnet

c)

I don't know

47.

Magnetic Pole

a)

Any material that attracts iron and materials that contain iron.

b)

Attraction or repulsion between magnetic poles.

c)

Relating to matter with strong magnetic properties.

d)

The strongest parts of a magnet.

48.

Area of magnetic force around a magnet.

a)

Magnetic Field Lines

b)

Magnetic Fields

c)

Magnetic Pole

d)

Magnet

49.
What material is a good conductor?
a)
copper
b)
wood
c)
rubber
d)
plastic
50.
What material is an insulator?
a)
coper
b)
silver
c)
gold
d)
plastic
51.
Why are the wires covered in plastic?
a)
keeps the wire from scratching stuff
b)
makes a nice coil
c)
it is a conductor
d)
keeps you from getting shocked
52.
Which item sticks to a magnet?
a)
rubber band
b)
paper clips
c)
craft sticks
d)
plastic straws
53.
Magnetism created by an electric current
a)
electricity
b)
electromagnetism
c)
wind energy

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