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electricity review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 21mins

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Class
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1.

The electric force between two objects is related to which pair of characteristics?

a)

the charge on each object and the area of contact between the two objects

b)

the charge on each object and the distance between them

c)

the charge on each object and the mas of each object

d)

the mass of each object and the distance between them

2.
a)

Both are positively charged and repelling.

b)

Both are negatively charged

c)

The top object is positively charged and the lower object negative

d)

The top object is negatively charged and the lower object positive

3.

What can you tell about the charges on these objects?

a)

Object's charges are opposite and repel

b)

They are opposite and increasing

c)

Objects charges are opposite and attract

d)

They are the same and repel

4.

Which are true of electricity?

a)

A form of energy

b)

An imaginary force

c)

Results from electron flow

d)

Transfer of matter through conductors

5.

What is current electricity

a)

the build up of a charge on an object

b)

Energy involving a moving electric charge

c)

The level of power at a given moment

d)

Electrons flowing out of a motor

6.

What is static electricity?

a)

Synonymous with magnetism

b)

When two conductors touch

c)

production of noisy electricity

d)

an accumulated charge on an object

7.

Electricity can only exert a force with contact?

a)

True: otherwise how would the electrons flow?

b)

False: it's a field force, like gravity

8.

What does the electrical force between two objects depend on?

a)

How much charge the objects have

b)

The mass of the objects

c)

How far apart they ore

d)

The constant of gravity

9.

What type of charging is happening here? Hint: They are not touching

a)

induction

b)

conduction

c)

friction

d)

magnetification

10.

What type of charging is happening here? Hint: They ARE touching.

a)

induction

b)

conduction

c)

friction

d)

magnetification

11.

You see a lightning rod on a farmhouse roof. What else must be present for it to work?

a)

that the rod be a good conductor

b)

connection to a ground rod

c)

that the rod be massive

d)

static electricity

12.

What is one use of static electricity?

a)

To demonstrate how brave Franklin was

b)

To power cars

c)

To make inkjet printing work

d)

To supply residential electricity

13.

What will happen proportionally to the electrical force between two objects if the charge on one object is doubled?

a)

0x (they cancel each other)

b)

2x doubled

c)

1/4 x

d)

4x

14.

What kind of electricity powers our homes and businesses?

a)

static electricity

b)

current AC electricity

c)

neutral electricity

d)

proton electricity

15.

For electricity to flow to any device, there has to be a complete (a)   .

16.

What is a material through which electricity passes easily - such as copper?

a)

electron

b)

insulator

c)

proton

d)

conductor

17.

What is a material through which electrical current does NOT flow well or at all?

a)

electron

b)

insulator

c)

proton

d)

conductor

18.

What is Ohm's Law formula?

4 lines
19.

In the water analogy, volts are like _____________

a)

The resistance of the pipes

b)

The current or amount of water

c)

The height of the water

d)

The temperature of the water

20.

Electricity from batteries is

a)

direct current or DC

b)

indirect current or IC

c)

alternating current or AC

d)

meta current or mc

21.

Our electrical system for buildings has what type of current?

a)

direct current or DC

b)

indirect current or IC

c)

alternating current or AC

d)

meta current or MC

22.

The big cylinders on the power line poles decrease the voltage before wires branch off to homes. They are called ________

a)

induction

b)

transformers

c)

moderators

d)

capacitors

23.

Other types of these devices INCREASE the voltage or force of the electricity so that it can travel further. They are step-up ______________.

a)

generators

b)

magnets

c)

transformers

d)

moderators

24.

What is the unit of measure for resistance?

a)

Watts

b)

Ohms

c)

Volts

d)

Current

25.

Is electricity the flow of protons?

a)

True

b)

False

26.

What is the equation for Ohm's Law?

a)

IV=R

b)

V=CR

c)

V=IR

d)

V=I/R

27.

What is the total resistance in a series circuit if R1 = 200 Ω and R2 = 150 Ω

a)

50 Ω

b)

350 Ω

c)

85 Ω

d)

100 Ω

28.

What does this symbol represent?

a)

Battery

b)

Wire

c)

Resistor

d)

Cell

29.

Resting electrons are a form of (a)   electricity.

30.

What is the total resistance in a parallel circuit if R1 = 100 Ω and R2 = 100 Ω?

a)

200 Ω

b)

50 Ω

c)

0 Ω

d)

10000 Ω

31.

What type of circuit is this?

a)

Parallel

b)

Combination

c)

Series

d)

Perpendicular

32.

Where are protons located in an atom?

a)

Electron cloud

b)

Proton cloud

c)

Inside the nucleus

d)

Outside the nucleus

33.

How many electrons to conductors have?

a)

6

b)

5 or more

c)

4

d)

3 or less