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Year 7 Electricity

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the safe ways to work with electricity?

a)

Turn off mains electricity before fixing exposed parts

b)

use exposed cables and broken plugs

c)

Keep electrical appliances out of wet places

d)

put your finger in a socket

e)

not overload an electrical outlet

2.
What is a switch's function in a circuit?
a)
to make the current hotter or colder
b)
turn on and off the flow of current
c)
the pathway that current flows
d)
to add more power to the circuit
3.
Is the circuit pictured complete or incomplete? 
a)
Complete
b)
Incomplete
4.

Which of the following is an insulator?

a)

an eraser

b)

a wire

c)

a penny

d)

a metal spoon

5.

Which of the following is a conductor?

a)

wood

b)

rubber

c)

metal

d)

plastic

6.

Imagine you are creating a circuit. It works and the light bulb turns on. Then you add a piece of plastic to the circuit, and the light bulb does not turn on. We can infer that the plastic is

a)

an insulator

b)

a conductor

c)

an electron

d)

static electricity

7.
What supplies the energy in an electric circuit?
a)
light bulb
b)
conductor
c)
wire
d)
battery
8.
Which way do electrons flow?
a)
Positive to Negative
b)
Negative to Positive
9.
Where do electrons pick up their energy from? 
a)
Battery
b)
wire
c)
Lightbulb
10.
What is the unit of measurement for current
a)
Ohm's
b)
Amperes
c)
Volts
11.
The job of the electron is to ...?
a)
Control which way the current flows.
b)

Provide energy in a circuit

c)
Carry electricity around a circuit
12.
In an electrical circuit, what does this symbol represent?
a)
wire
b)
resistor
c)
lightbulb
d)
switch
13.

In which circuit the bulbs will light up brighter?

a)

X

b)

Y

14.

What is the type of this electrical circuit?

a)

Parallel circuit

b)

Series circuit

15.

Which bulb will light up the dimmest?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

16.

Which bulbs will light up brighter?

a)

A

b)

B

17.

Electrons return to a cell at the ___ terminal.

a)

postive

b)

negative

18.

Which is the electrical symbol for 2 batteries?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

Are electrons moving or not moving in the circuit?

a)

moving

b)

not moving

20.

Is the circuit complete or incomplete?

a)

complete

b)

incomplete