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Ch15L1: Electric Charges and Electric Forces

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of "electric conductor"?

a)

material in which electric charges easily move

b)

definite quantity of electricity

c)

movement of electrically charged particles

d)

a force that two electrically charged objects apply to each other

2.

What is the definition of "electric discharge"?

a)

a force that two electrically charged objects apply to each other

b)

loss of an unbalanced electric charge

c)

electromagnetic radiation you can see

d)

definite quantity of electricity

3.

What is the definition of "electric field"?

a)

a force that two electrically charged objects apply to each other

b)

measure of how difficult it is for an electric current to flow in a material

c)

invisible region around a charged object where an electric force is applied

d)

closed, or complete, path in which an electric current flows

4.

What is the definition of "electric insulator"?

a)

loss of an unbalanced electric charge

b)

electromagnetic radiation you can see

c)

definite quantity of electricity

d)

material in which electric charges cannot easily move

5.

What is the definition of "electrically charged"?

a)

having an unbalanced amount of positive charge or negative charge

b)

having equal amounts of positive charge and negative charge

c)

measure of how difficult it is for an electric current to flow in a material

d)

loss of an unbalanced electric charge

6.

What is the definition of "electrically neutral"?

a)

material in which electric charges easily move

b)

having equal amounts of positive charge and negative charge

c)

amount of energy used to move one coulomb of electrons through the circuit

d)

movement of electrically charged particles

7.

What is the definition of "nucleus"?

a)

material in which electric charges easily move

b)

electromagnetic radiation you can see

c)

basic or essential part; core

d)

definite quantity of electricity

8.

Which of the following can move from one object to another?

a)

protons

b)

neutrons

c)

electrons

d)

the nucleus

9.

Which is true of an electrically charged object?

a)

it has an unequal number of protons and electrons

b)

it has an unequal number of protons and neutrons

c)

it has an equal number of protons and electrons

d)

it contains only neutral particles

10.

What is an electric field?

a)

the area over which electrons move within an object

b)

the region around an object where an electric force exists

c)

the force that two charged objects apply to each other

d)

the path that electrons take when moving from one object to another

11.

An object with a negative charge will be most strongly attracted to which of the following?

a)

an object with the same charge

b)

an object with a positive charge

c)

an object with a neutral charge

d)

an object with a negative charge

12.

Lightning is an example of which?

a)

an electric field

b)

a conductor

c)

an insulator

d)

electric discharge