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Electricity

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the two basic types of electricity?

a)

current electricity

b)

positive electricity

c)

static electricity

d)

negative electricity

2.

What is a circuit?

a)

a machine that cuts out things

b)

a pathway taken by an electric current

c)

a series of races that take place across the country

d)

a chirping insect

3.

What three items do you need to make a simple circuit that will light a bulb?

a)

light bulb

b)

wire

c)

water

d)

source (battery)

4.

What three particles make up an atom?

a)

negative

b)

neutron

c)

proton

d)

electron

5.

(a)   are able to move from atom to atom.

6.
A fifth grade class constructed this circuit.  Which of these objects most likely made the light glow when connected to points X and Y?
a)
plastic straw
b)
cotton string
c)
aluminum foil
d)
rubber eraser
7.
A fifth grade class constructed this circuit.  Which of these objects most likely made the light glow when connected to points X and Y?
a)
plastic straw
b)
cotton string
c)
aluminum foil
d)
rubber eraser
8.

What is a conductor?

a)

a material to does not allow electricity to flow freely

b)

a person in charge of a train, streetcar, or other public conveyance, who collects fares and sells tickets

c)

the person who directs the performance of a choir or orchestra

d)

a material that allows electricity to flow freely

9.

Is a metal rod a conductor or insulator?

(a)  

10.

Is rubber a conductor or insulator?

(a)  

11.

What is created when an electrical charge builds up on the surface of an object?

a)

static electricity

b)

current electricity

c)

lightning

d)

thunder

12.

A mixer can transform electrical energy into (a)   energy.

13.

A toaster can transform electrical energy into what two types of energy?

a)

mechanical energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

radiant energy

d)

nuclear energy

14.

What did Michael Faraday discover?

a)

lightning

b)

static electricity

c)

He used electricity to make magnetism (electromagnetism),

d)

light bulb

15.

Who invented the lightning rod after proving lightning was a form of electricity?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Nikola Tesla

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Michael Faraday

16.

What did Thomas Edison contribute to our understanding of electricity?

a)

air conditioning

b)

lightning rod

c)

electromagnet

d)

light bulb

17.

What kind of charge do protons have?

a)

positive

b)

negative

c)

no change

18.

What kind of charge do electrons have?

a)

positive

b)

negative

c)

no charge

19.

What kind of charge to neutrons have?

a)

positive

b)

negative

c)

no change

20.

What is all matter on Earth made of?

a)

water

b)

atoms

c)

oxygen

d)

hydrogen