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Electricity

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

____________________________ is a continuous flow of electric charges (electrons).

a)

Current

b)

Voltage

c)

Resistance

2.

The SI unit for electric current is the __________________________________

a)

Ampere (Amp)

b)

Volt

c)

Ohm

3.

A difference in electric potential energy is called _________________________

a)

Current

b)

Voltage

c)

Resistance

4.

The SI unit for voltage is the ________________________

a)

Ampere (Amp)

b)

Volt

c)

Ohm

5.

In physics, ___________________________ is opposition to the flow of electric charges in an electric current as it travels through matter.

a)

Current

b)

Voltage

c)

Resistance

6.

The SI unit for resistance is the _______________________________.

a)

Ampere (Amp)

b)

Volt

c)

Ohm

7.

Materials that conduct electricity very easily are called

a)

conductors

b)

insulators

c)

extenders

8.

Materials that resist the flow of electric current are called

a)

conductors

b)

insulators

c)

extenders

9.

Examples of conductors include: copper, silver, gold, iron and steel.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Examples of insulators include: cotton, rubber, paper, and glass.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

This is an example of a series circuit.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

A circuit that consists of single loop is called a __________________________.

a)

series circuit

b)

parallel circuit

c)

a loop-de-loop

d)

cycle

13.

A circuit that has more than one path is called a _________________________.

a)

series circuit

b)

parallel circuit

c)

double cycle

d)

a dead-end circuit

14.

If a bulb is removed from this circuit, the other bulb will

a)

go out

b)

still glow

c)

glow brighter

d)

dim

15.

If a bulb is removed from this circuit, the other bulb will

a)

go out

b)

still glow

c)

dim

d)

burn out

16.

How many bulbs will light in this circuit?

a)

zero

b)

one

c)

two

17.

How many bulbs will light in this circuit?

a)

zero

b)

one

c)

two

18.

Why will this circuit not work?

a)

it is not a close loop.d

b)

the positive terminal of the battery is not in the loop

c)

the bulb is burned out.

d)

the bulb is not connected

19.

How many bulbs will light in this circuit?

a)

zero

b)

one

c)

two

20.

Adding a second battery to the circuit will

a)

make the bulbs glow brighter

b)

make the bulbs dim

c)

make the bulbs go out

d)

will make the light last longer

21.

Most conductors are

a)

metals

b)

nonmetals

c)

insulators

d)

metalloids

22.

Insulators are

a)

metals

b)

nonmetals

c)

metalloids

d)

alloys

23.

How many bulbs will light in the circuit shown?

a)

zero

b)

one

c)

two

d)

three

24.

Why does the light intensity change as you add more bulbs to the series circuit?

a)

the power is shared.

b)

the battery is weakening.

c)

a bulb has burned out

d)

the bulbs are too hot

25.

If holiday lights on a string are connected to each other in series, what will happen to the rest if one bulb burns out?

a)

They all go out.

b)

They will all still glow.

c)

It will catch on fire.

d)

They will start blinking.