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Electricity and Energy Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which term is defined as "a material that allows electricity to flow through it easily"?

a)

Insulator

b)

Resistor

c)

Conductor

d)

Energy transfer

2.

What is the definition of an insulator?

a)

A material that allows electricity to flow through it easily

b)

A device that limits the flow of electric current in a circuit

c)

A special kind of energy that comes from the attraction and repulsion of charged particles

d)

A material that does not allow electricity to flow through it easily

3.

Which term describes "a device that limits the flow of electric current in a circuit"?

a)

Conductor

b)

Resistor

c)

Electrical energy

d)

Energy transfer

4.

What is electrical energy?

a)

The movement of energy from one place to another

b)

A device that limits the flow of electric current in a circuit

c)

A special kind of energy that comes from the attraction and repulsion of charged particles

d)

A material that does not allow electricity to flow through it easily

5.

What does the term "energy transfer" mean?

a)

A material that allows electricity to flow through it easily

b)

The movement of energy from one place to another

c)

A device that limits the flow of electric current in a circuit

d)

A special kind of energy that comes from the attraction and repulsion of charged particles

6.

What is electrical energy?

a)

A special kind of energy that comes from the attraction and repulsion of charged particles.

b)

Energy that comes from the sun.

c)

Energy that is stored in food.

d)

Energy that is produced by plants.

7.

What are the building blocks of everything in the universe?

a)

Atoms and molecules

b)

Electrons and protons

c)

Neutrons and photons

d)

Ions and isotopes

8.

What happens when two charged particles get close to each other?

a)

They either move apart or move together.

b)

They disappear.

c)

They change color.

d)

They become neutral.

9.

What is the energy of moving particles called?

a)

Potential energy

b)

Kinetic energy

c)

Thermal energy

d)

Chemical energy

10.

What are materials that allow electrons to move easily called?

a)

Insulators

b)

Conductors

c)

Semiconductors

d)

Resistors

11.

Which of the following is an example of an insulator?

a)

Copper

b)

Graphite

c)

Plastic

d)

Aluminum

12.

What does higher voltage in a circuit cause?

a)

Weaker current

b)

Stronger current

c)

No current

d)

Constant current

13.

What happens to electrons as they pass through different parts of a circuit?

a)

They gain electrical potential energy.

b)

They lose electrical potential energy and gain other forms of energy.

c)

They stop moving.

d)

They become neutral.

14.

What is created when electrons move through a material in a circuit?

a)

Heat

b)

Light

c)

Electric current

d)

Sound

15.

What is voltage compared to in the passage?

a)

The speed of the electrons

b)

The pressure that makes current flow

c)

The resistance in the circuit

d)

The amount of energy stored

16.

What can electrical energy be transformed into as electrons move through different parts of the circuit?

a)

Only heat

b)

Only light

c)

Heat and light

d)

Sound and light

17.

What is electrical energy?

a)

Energy that comes from the movement of electrons.

b)

Energy that comes from the attraction and repulsion of charged particles.

c)

Energy that comes from the pressure in a circuit.

d)

Energy that comes from the movement of protons.

18.

What is voltage in a circuit?

a)

The movement of electrons through a material.

b)

The pressure that makes current flow.

c)

The energy that is transformed in a circuit.

d)

The building blocks of everything in the universe.

19.

How does energy transform in a circuit?

a)

By changing electrical potential energy into kinetic energy.

b)

By creating an electric current.

c)

By losing electrical potential energy and gaining other forms of energy.

d)

By allowing electrons to move easily through a material.