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Electricity and Magnetism

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(T/F) The unit for current is ampere (A)

a)

true

b)

false

2.

(T/F) Like charges attract and opposite charges repel

a)

true

b)

false

3.

(T/F) An insulator is a material that does not transfer current easily

a)

true

b)

false

4.

(T/F) A solenoid is a coil of wire with an electric current in it

a)

true

b)

false

5.

(T/F) An electric circuit is the rate that electric charges move through a conductor.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

What is an electric property of matter that creates electric and magnetic forces and interactions?

a)

electric charge

b)

electric force

c)

electric field

d)

electrical potential energy

7.

What is the force of attraction or repulsion between objects due to charge?

a)

electric charge

b)

electric force

c)

electric field

d)

electrical potential energy

8.

What is the region in space around a charged object that causes a stationary charged object to experience an electric force?

a)

electric charge

b)

electric force

c)

electric field

d)

electrical potential energy

9.

What is the ability to move an electric charge from one point to another?

a)

electric charge

b)

electric force

c)

electric field

d)

electrical potential energy

10.

Who first suggested the terms positive and negative?

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

Hans Christian Oersted

c)

Michael Faraday

11.

Who experimented with the effects of an electric current on the needle of a compass?

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

Hans Christian Oersted

c)

Michael Faraday

12.

Who discovered that a current can be produced by pushing a magnet through a coil of wire?

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

Hans Christian Oersted

c)

Michael Faraday

13.

The current in a resistor is 0.5 A when connected across a voltage of 120 V. What is its resistance?

a)

240 ohm

b)

0.0021 ohm

c)

60 ohm

d)

200 ohm

14.

A 1.5 V battery is connected to a small light bulb with a resistance of 3.5 ohm. What is the current in the bulb?

a)

0.43 A

b)

2.3 A

c)

5.25 A

d)

0.33 A

15.

A graphing calculator uses a 6.0 V battery and draws a 2.6 A of current. What is the power rating of the calculator?

a)

15.6 W

b)

0.43 W

c)

2.31 W

d)

5 W

16.

The current in the heating element of an electric iron is 5.0 A. If the iron dissipates 590 W of power, what is the voltage across it?

a)

118 V

b)

0.0084 V

c)

2950 v

d)

20 v

17.

What is a device that is a source of electrical current because of potential difference, or voltage, between the terminals?

a)

electrical cell

b)

schematic diagram

c)

fuse

d)

circuit breaker

18.

What is a graphical representation of a circuit that uses lines to represent wires and different symbols to represent components?

a)

electrical cell

b)

schematic diagram

c)

fuse

d)

circuit breaker

19.

What is an electrical device that contains a metal strip that melts when current exceeds a certain value?

a)

electric cell

b)

schematic diagram

c)

fuse

d)

circuit breaker

20.

What is a switch that opens a circuit automatically when the current in the circuit exceeds a certain value?

a)

electric cell

b)

schematic diagram

c)

fuse

d)

circuit breaker

21.

What is the opposition posed by a material or a device to the flow of current?

a)

resistance

b)

electrical energy

c)

magnetic field

d)

magnetic pole

22.

What is the energy that is associated with charged particles because of their positions?

a)

resistance

b)

electrical energy

c)

magnetic field

d)

magnetic pole

23.

What is a region where a magnetic force can be detected?

a)

resistance

b)

electrical energy

c)

magnetic field

d)

magnetic pole

24.

What is a device that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy?

a)

electric motor

b)

Faraday's Law

c)

transformer

d)

generator

25.

What is a device that increases or decreases the voltage of alternating currents?

a)

electric motor

b)

Faraday's Law

c)

transformer

d)

generator

26.

What states that an electric current can be produced in a circuit by a changing magnetic field?

a)

electric motor

b)

Faraday's Law

c)

transformer

d)

galvanometer

27.

Is 27 series or parallel?

a)

series

b)

parallel

28.

Is 28 series or parallel?

a)

series

b)

parallel

29.

Label the diagram (29)

a)

resistor

b)

battery

30.

Label the diagram (30)

a)

resistor

b)

battery