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Fundamentals of Electricity and Electronics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The central part of an atom

a)

Nucleus

b)

Molecule

c)

Atom

d)

Proton

2.

The smallest unit of a substance that can exist alone and retain the character of that substance.

a)

Nucleus

b)

Molecule

c)

Atom

d)

Proton

3.

The basic component of all matter the smallest particle of an element that can exist either alone or in combination.

a)

Nucleus

b)

Molecule

c)

Atom

d)

Proton

4.

It can be harnessed from the Earth's natural heat associated with active volcanoes or geologically young inactive volcanoes still giving off heat at depth.

a)

Biomass Energy

b)

Geothermal Energy

c)

Solar Energy

d)

Coal Energy

5.

It can be heated, burned, fermented, or treated chemically to release energy.

a)

Biomass Energy

b)

Geothermal Energy

c)

Solar Energy

d)

Coal Energy

6.

It provided by the sun is the most inexhaustible and cleanest source of energy known. Its heat and light arrive week in and week out - free.

a)

Biomass Energy

b)

Geothermal Energy

c)

Solar Energy

d)

Coal Energy

7.

A Scottish physicist and one of the great theoreticians of all times, mathematically unified the electric and magnetic forces. He also proposed that light was electromagnetic radiation.and South poles.

a)

William Gilbert

b)

Pierre de Maricourt

c)

Michael Faraday

d)

James Clerk Maxwell

8.

He discovered an electric current flowing through a wire can cause a compass needle to deflect, showing that magnetism and electricity were related.

a)

William Gilbert

b)

Pierre de Maricourt

c)

Hans Christian Øersted

d)

James Clerk Maxwell

9.

Magnetism is derived from the iron oxide minerals called ______________.

a)

magnetite

b)

magnetic field

c)

hysteresis

d)

eddy current

10.

The term __________ is derived from ὑστέρησις, an ancient Greek word meaning "deficiency" or "lagging behind".

a)

magnetite

b)

magnetic field

c)

hysteresis

d)

eddy current

11.

It can be considered to flow outward from the North Pole of a magnet.

a)

magnetite

b)

magnetic field

c)

hysteresis

d)

magnetic flux

12.

The north and south poles of a magnet are the points of concentration of magnetic strength.

a)

magnetite

b)

magnetic field

c)

hysteresis

d)

magnetic flux

13.

 These include aluminum, platinum, manganese, and chromium. The permeability is slightly more than 1. ___________ materials have a small, positive susceptibility to magnetic fields.

a)

solenoid

b)

ferromagnetism

c)

diamagnetic

d)

paramagnetic

14.

 These include bismuth, antimony, and copper, Zinc, mercury, gold, silver. The permeability is less than 1. ____________materials create an induced magnetic field in a direction opposite to an externally applied magnetic field, and are repelled by the applied magnetic field.  

a)

solenoid

b)

ferromagnetism

c)

diamagnetic

d)

paramagnetic

15.

If the wire is wrapped in the form of a coil, the current and its magnetic field become concentrated in a smaller space, resulting in a stronger field. With length much greater than its width, the coil is called ___________.

a)

solenoid

b)

ferromagnetism

c)

diamagnetic

d)

paramagnetic

16.

It refers specifically to the magnetic properties of iron.

a)

solenoid

b)

ferromagnetism

c)

diamagnetic

d)

paramagnetic

17.

It is a field in electronics that utilizes tiny, or micro, components to manufacture electronics.

a)

microelectronics

b)

digital electronics

c)

analogue electronics

d)

power electronics

18.

The materials that permit the free motion of electrons.

a)

conductors

b)

semiconductors

c)

insulators

d)

embedded systems

19.

The materials that have very few free electrons poor conductors.

a)

conductors

b)

semiconductors

c)

insulators

d)

embedded systems

20.

The materials that have some characteristics of both conductors and insulators.

a)

conductors

b)

semiconductors

c)

insulators

d)

embedded systems