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Conductors

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the 2 popular terms used to describe the roles of Voltage in a circuit?

a)

Electromotive Force & Potential Difference

b)

Force & Potential

c)

Electroforced Motion & Potential Indifference

d)

Watts & Voltas

2.

Which of the following increases the resistance in a conductor?

a)

Making the cable length longer

b)

Increasing the temperature

c)

Reducing the Cross-Sectional area

(mm2)

d)

All of the above

3.

How do we get voltage via Magnetism?

a)

From Solar Panels

b)

From a rotating device

c)

From Battery Cells

d)

From a difference in heat

4.

How do we get voltage via Light Energy?

a)

From Solar Panels

b)

From a rotating device

c)

From Battery Cells

d)

From a difference in heat

5.

What is another name for the Valence Shell?

a)

N Shell

b)

K Shell

c)

M Shell

d)

L Shell

6.

In a circuit, what do a heater, a light and a motor have in common?

a)

They are all using resistance to produce a load and a result

b)

They all have the same ohms value

c)

They are all using conductors to produce a load and a result

d)

They all provide the same benefits

7.

What is Static Electricity?

a)

A stated value of electricity

b)

Electricity that is not moving

c)

Electricity that doesn't know what it wants to do

d)

An excess of electrons that gather on a surface due to friction

8.

What is conventional current flow?

a)

The early thought that current flows from positive to negative

b)

The notion that is used in circuit diagrams and formulas

c)

The early thought that current flows from negative to positive

d)

The way water flows in a river

9.

Which best describes Elements?

a)

Formed when different elements combine

b)

The basic building blocks of all matter

c)

Anything that has mass and occupies space

d)

Has a half filled valence shell

10.

What is Electromotive Force?

a)

How much torque is applied by a screwdriver

b)

The electrical pressure that causes electric current to flow in a circuit

c)

A measurable difference between conductors

d)

The role of steam in moving a train along the track

11.

How do we get voltage in a Thermocouple?

a)

From Solar Panels

b)

From a rotating device

c)

From Battery Cells

d)

From a difference in heat

12.

What is not one of the three states of matter?

a)

Liquid

b)

Solid

c)

Compound

d)

Gas

13.

What is Resistivity measured in?

a)

Ohms

b)

Hertz

c)

Ohm-Watts

d)

Ohm-Metres

14.

Which best describes a Proton?

a)

Has a positive charge

b)

Has no charge

c)

Has a negative charge

d)

Has mass and occupies space

15.

If we didn't include a higher resistance load in a circuit, what would happen through our low resistance conductor?

a)

It would work just great

b)

It wouldn't work at all

c)

An overload

d)

A short circuit

16.

Insulators have low resistivity

a)

True

b)

False

17.

What test proves a high level of Resistivity?

a)

Insulation Resistance

b)

Loop Impedance

c)

Resistance

d)

Voltage test

18.

Is an Insulator...

a)

An atom that has half of it's valence electrons?

b)

An atom that has hardly any valence electrons?

c)

An atom that has all/most of it's valence electrons?

d)

An atom that has stable valance neutrons?

19.

How do we get voltage via chemial reaction?

a)

From Solar Panels

b)

From a rotating device

c)

From Battery Cells

d)

From a difference in heat

20.

What test proves a low level of Resistivity?

a)

Insulation Resistance

b)

Loop Impedance

c)

Resistance

d)

Voltage test

21.

What do the Protons and Neutrons form in the middle of the Atom?

a)

The Nucleus

b)

The Bond

c)

The Valence

d)

The Protron effect

22.

Which of the following decreases the resistance in a conductor?

a)

Reducing the length

b)

Lowering the temperature

c)

Increasing the Cross - Sectional area

(mm2)

d)

All of the above

23.

What is Potential Difference in a circuit?

a)

The electrical force that causes current to move in a circuit

b)

The imagined ability for voltage to exist

c)

A disaggreement between you and your boss

d)

A measurable difference between 2 conductors

24.

Why is it important to incude a higher resistive conductor in a circuit?

a)

Because it is expensive

b)

So there will be a load for the voltage and current to be used for

c)

It is not important

d)

because we need resistance

25.

Which best describes a Neutron?

a)

Has a positve charge

b)

Has no charge

c)

Formed when different elements combine

d)

Has a negative charge

26.

What best describes Matter?

a)

Formed when elements combine

b)

The basic building block of all matter

c)

Has a positve charge

d)

Anything that has mass & occupies space

27.

What is the difference between EMF & Potential Difference?

a)

Nothing, they are the same thing

b)

EMF is only at the source of power; P.D. can be measured at both source & load

c)

P.D. is only at the source of power; EMF can be at both source & load

d)

One is to do with voltage, and the other is to do with current

28.

Which best describes a Conductor?

a)

An Atom that has a half filled valence shell.

b)

An Atom with a valence shell that is less than half filled

c)

An atom with a negative charge

d)

An atom that has a valence shell that is more than half filled

29.

What best describes an Insulator?

a)

The valence shell is half-filled

b)

The valence shell is less than half-filled

c)

The valence shell is more than half-filled

d)

Has a positive charge

30.

What is a compound?

a)

Something that is formed when elements combine

b)

Anything that occupies space & has mass

c)

Something that has no charge

d)

Basic building blocks of all matter

31.

Which best describes a semi-conductor?

a)

It's valence shell is more than half-filled

b)

It's valence shell is less than half-filled

c)

It has a positve charge

d)

It's valence shell is half-filled

32.

Which best describes an Electron?

a)

It has no charge

b)

It has a negative charge

c)

It has a positive charge

d)

It is formed when different elements combine

33.

Conductors have low resistivity

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Why are valence shell electrons able to move between atoms?

a)

The shell is cracked

b)

They are not held to anything

c)

Because there is more than 8 of them

d)

They are the furtherest away from the nucleus

35.

For Electricians, what is the most important aspect of Atomic Theory to know about?

a)

Conductors

b)

Semiconductors

c)

Insulators

d)

All of the above