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Science 9: Test 7

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the rate of charge flow?

a)

Voltage

b)

Power

c)

Current

d)

Resistance

2.

What is the region of concentrated magnetism at the end of a magnet?

a)

Pole

b)

Magnetic field

c)

Line of flux

d)

Charge

3.

What happens to resistance as the diameter of a conductor increases?

a)

Resistance increases

b)

Resistance decreases

c)

Resistance ceases

d)

Nothing changes

4.

What process imparts electric charge at a distance without direct contact between objects?

a)

conduction

b)

induction

c)

contact

d)

reduction

5.

What is the SI unit of current?

a)

volt

b)

ampere

c)

watt

d)

ohm

6.

What is the SI unit of voltage?

a)

ampere

b)

watt

c)

volt

d)

ohm

7.

What is the SI unit of resistance?

a)

ampere

b)

watt

c)

volt

d)

ohm

8.

What is the SI unit of power?

a)

ampere

b)

volt

c)

watt

d)

ohm

9.

What is the resistance of a magnet to being demagnetized by a magnetic field?

a)

coercivity

b)

curativity

c)

permeability

d)

resistance

10.

What is a device that transforms electrical energy to another useful form of energy?

a)

Source

b)

Conductor

c)

Load

d)

Resistor

11.

What is a material through which current does not easily flow?

a)

conductor

b)

insulator

c)

superconductor

d)

semiconductor

e)

resistor

12.

What is a material through which current can flow with no resistance at all?

a)

conductor

b)

resistor

c)

insulator

d)

superconductor

e)

semiconductor

13.

What is an electrical device designed to hinder current flow?

a)

conductor

b)

insulator

c)

resistor

d)

superconductor

e)

semiconductor

14.

What is a material through which current flows easily?

a)

conductor

b)

insulator

c)

resistor

d)

superconductor

e)

semiconductor

15.

What is a material through which current is neither hindered nor flows easily?

a)

conductor

b)

insulator

c)

resistor

d)

superconductor

e)

semiconductor

16.

What are used to indicate the direction and strength of a magnetic field?

a)

isoclinic lines

b)

isogonic lines

c)

lines of flux

d)

agonic lines

17.

What term describes an object with an equal number of positive and negative charges?

a)

charged

b)

neutral

c)

combustible

d)

coercive

18.

What are the two belts of charged particles located above Earth's equator?

a)

flux donuts

b)

agonic lines

c)

Van Allen Radiation Belts

d)

Einstein's Magnet Loops

19.

What is a simple device that uses the law of electrostatics to detect small electric charges?

a)

voltmeter

b)

ammeter

c)

ohmeter

d)

electroscope

20.

What is a device that opens or closes a circuit?

a)

fuse

b)

switch

c)

organ

d)

door

21.

What value equals the product of voltage and current in an electric current?

a)

power

b)

resistance

c)

heat

d)

entropy

22.

What type of material has several unpaired electrons per atom and is strongly attracted to a magnet?

a)

nonmagnetic

b)

diamagnetic

c)

paramagnetic

d)

ferromagnetic

23.

What type of material has only one unpaired electron per atom and is weakly attracted to either pole of a magnet?

a)

nonmagnetic

b)

diamagnetic

c)

paramagnetic

d)

ferromagnetic

24.

What type of material has no unpaired electrons and is weakly repelled to either pole of a magnet?

a)

nonmagnetic

b)

diamagnetic

c)

paramagnetic

d)

ferromagnetic

25.

What device uses a narrow metal strip of metal to prevent excessive current through its circuit?

a)

fuse

b)

switch

c)

circuit breaker

d)

resistor

26.

What type of circuit has a complete path for electrons to travel?

a)

open

b)

closed

c)

short

d)

long

27.

What is the extent to which a material can absorb or channel lines of flux?

a)

coercivity

b)

resistivity

c)

permeability

d)

magnetism

28.

What is the process of diverting unwanted charge directly into the ground?

a)

coercing

b)

grounding

c)

earthing

d)

charging

29.

What is the extent of a planet's magnetic field in space called?

a)

magnetopause

b)

magnetosphere

c)

Van Allen radiation belt

d)

atmosphere

30.

What is the law that relates current voltage and resistance?

a)

Joule's Law

b)

Watt's Law

c)

Ohm's Law

d)

Newton's Law

31.

What is the line that connects all points where a compass needle points true north?

a)

Isoclinic line

b)

Agonic line

c)

Isogonic line

d)

Magnetic equator

32.

What happens when two like charges are brought close to one another?

a)

they attract

b)

they repel

c)

nothing

d)

they orbit one another

33.

What causes a magnet not to form a monopole when cut in half?

a)

the domains line up to form new poles

b)

electron movement changes

c)

the magnetic field becomes too small

d)

two magnetic fields oppose each other

34.

What happens when several loads are hooked up in series and one load is removed?

a)

The circuit becomes open

b)

The circuit shorts out

c)

Nothing happens

35.

How can an induced static charge be made permanent?

a)

coercing

b)

grounding

c)

conducting

d)

magnetizing

36.

What method of magnetism involves bringing an object within the magnetic field of a magnet but not touching it?

a)

Contact

b)

Induction

c)

Conduction

d)

Deflection

37.

What is the most important factor affecting the ease of current flow in a wire?

a)

Length

b)

Diameter

c)

Material

d)

Circumference

38.

What is the imaginary line that circles Earth halfway between the two magnetic poles?

a)

Line of Flux

b)

Magnetic Equator

c)

Agonic Line

d)

Isoclinic Line

39.

What is the force that causes an electric charge moving through a magnetic field to deviate from its original path?

a)

deflecting force

b)

guiding force

c)

magnetic force

d)

electromagnetic force

40.

How does a charge flow through an electrolyte?

a)

Heat

b)

Plasma

c)

Ions

d)

Volts