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Electricity Review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is a TRUE statement about how electricity works?

a)

LIKE charges ATTRACT

b)

OPPOSITE charges ATTRACT

c)

LIKE charges REPEL

d)

OPPOSITE charges REPEL

2.

What is ELECTRICITY?

a)

The flow of the sun's energy.

b)

The flow of positive charges (protons)

c)

The flow of negative charges (electrons)

d)

The flow of energy from lightbulbs

3.

What happens when you have an OPEN circuit?

a)

You have a complete path and the lightbulb will work.

b)

You have a break in the path and the lightbulb will not work.

c)

You have only one path and the lightbulb will work.

d)

You have more than one path and the lightbulb will not work.

4.

What is a CLOSED circuit?

a)

A complete path for the electrons to flow

b)

A break in the path for the electrons

c)

Many paths for the electrons

d)

Something that will turn on and off the electricity

5.

Why do we use switches in a circuit?

a)

Because they're cool

b)

So we can change the direction of the electrons

c)

It makes the current stronger

d)

It opens and closes the circuit

6.

What is the purpose of a battery in a circuit?

a)

It turns the electricity on and off

b)

It is the power source

c)

It opens the circuit

d)

It is an insulator

7.

What kind of circuit is this?

a)

simple circuit

b)

series circuit

c)

parallel circuit

d)

open circuit

8.

What kind of circuit is this?

a)

simple circuit

b)

parallel circuit

c)

series circuit

d)

switch circuit

9.

What kind of circuit is this?

a)

parallel circuit

b)

series circuit

c)

simple circuit

d)

wire circuit

10.

Why won't this circuit work?

a)

There isn't any battery.

b)

It needs another lightbulb.

c)

It has a break in the path

d)

It needs a switch

11.

Which circuit's lightbulbs will shine brighter?

a)

series circuit

b)

parallel circuit

c)

They will be the same

d)

Neither circuit will work

12.

Which allows electrons to flow through it?

a)

insulator

b)

conductor

c)

engineer

d)

resistor

13.

Which is an example of an insulator or resistor?

a)

paper clip

b)

blanket

c)

coin

d)

nail

14.

Which is an example of a conductor?

a)

fork

b)

pencil

c)

paper

d)

shoebox