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Physical Science: Ch 8: Electricity

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins

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Date
1.

What are the charges of:

1) protons

2) electrons

3) neutrons

a)

1: positive

2: negative

3: no charge

b)

1: negative

2: positive

3: no charge

c)

1: no charge

2: negative

3: positive

d)

1: positive

2: no charge

3: negative

e)

1: negative

2: no charge

3: positive

2.

1) Which represents high electrical current?

2) Which represents low electrical current?

3) The letter symbol for electrical current in Ohm's Law is:

a)

1: A

2: B

3: I

b)

1: B

2: A

3: I

c)

1: A

2: B

3: V

d)

1: A

2: B

3: R

e)

1: B

2: A

3: C

3.

1) High energy, high voltage

2) Low energy, low voltage

3) The unit of voltage

a)

1: A

2: B

3: volts

b)

1: B

2: A

3: volts

c)

1: A

2: B

3: amperes

d)

1: B

2: A

3: amperes

e)

1: A

2: B

3: ohms

4.

1) High resistance, lots of work required

2) Low resistance, little work required

3) The units of electrical resistance

a)

1: A

2: B

3: ohms

b)

1: B

2: A

3: ohms

c)

1: A

2: B

3: amperes

d)

1: B

2: A

3: amperes

e)

1: A

2: B

3: volts

5.

Concerning Ohm's Law, this picture is mostly representing what?

a)

current

b)

resistance

c)

voltage

6.

A) High voltage

B) Low voltage

3) In this depiction, zero voltage would be shown as:

a)

1: B

2: A

3: completely horizontal line

b)

1: A

2: B

3: completely horizontal line

c)

1: B

2: A

3: completely vertical line

d)

1: A

2: B

3: completely vertical line

7.

Link the electrical units with the physical property they measure:

1) 10 W

2) 10 V

3) 10 Amps

4) 10 Ω

a)

1: power

2: voltage

3: current

4: resistance

b)

1: current

2: voltage

3: power

4: resistance

c)

1: power

2: resistance

3: current

4: voltage

d)

1: resistance

2: voltage

3: current

4: power

8.

1) How much friction is on the riverbed or reeds slowing the flow

2) How much water in the river

3) How steep is the river or fast water is moving

a)

1: resistance

2: current

3: voltage

b)

1: current

2: voltage

3: resistance

c)

1: voltage

2: current

3: resistance

d)

1: resistance

2: voltage

3: current

e)

1: current

2: resistance

3: voltage

9.

Ohm's Law (Current is equal to the voltage divided by the resistance) is most similar to:

a)

Newton's 1st Law of Motion

b)

Newton's 2nd Law of Motion

c)

Newton's 3rd Law of Motion

10.

1) The amount of work that the electrons must do

2) The number of electrons (or ions) flowing

3) The energy pushing each moving electron (or charge)

a)

1: resistance

2: current

3: voltage

b)

1: current

2: resistance

3: voltage

c)

1: resistance

2: voltage

3: current

d)

1: voltage

2: current

3: resistance

11.

1) To go in different directions, to move away from each other

2) An electrical device that opposes the flow of electrical current

3) A device used to store electric charge

4) Is a combination of one or more electrochemical cells, used to convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy

a)

1: Dissipate

2: Electrical resistor

3: Capacitor

4: Electrical battery

b)

1: Capacitor

2: Electrical resistor

3: Dissipate

4: Electrical battery

c)

1: Dissipate

2: Electrical battery

3: Capacitor

4: Electrical resistor

d)

1: Capacitor

2: Electrical battery

3: Dissipate

4: Electrical resistor

12.

Why will this not run forever?

a)

The electrical current traveling through the wires heat up the wires.

b)

The generator is not 100% efficient at receiving energy and producing energy.

c)

The battery process to store and release energy also loses energy as thermal energy to the environment

d)

All of the answers are correct in showing how energy when changing form and location always leaks energy to the surrounding environment

13.

How much current will flow in the circuit?

a)

Low amount of current

b)

A moderate amount of current

c)

A high amount of current

14.

How much current will flow in the circuit?

a)

A low amount of current

b)

A moderate amount of current

c)

A high amount of current

15.

How much current will flow in the circuit?

a)

A low amount of current

b)

A moderate amount of current

c)

A high amount of current

16.

1) A material's opposition to the flow of electric current

2) A measurement of electromotive force or the pressure of electricity

3) Rate at which electric charge flows past a given point

a)

1: resistance

2: voltage

3: current

b)

1: current

2: voltage

3: resistance

c)

1: voltage

2: current

3: resistance

d)

1: resistance

2: current

3: voltage

17.

Identify

a)

1: positive

2: negative

b)

1: negative

2: positive

18.

1) Two Positive or Negative charges?

2) Are these Attracting or Repelling each other?

a)

1: Positive

2: Repelling

b)

1: Positive

2: Attracting

c)

1: Negative

2: Repelling

d)

1: Negative

2: Attracting

19.

Which electron experiences the greatest attractive force?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

All are the same

20.

Which electron experiences the greatest attractive force?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

They all experience the same force

21.

How much current?

a)

0.01 amps

b)

0.1 amps

c)

1 amps

d)

10 amps

e)

100 amps

22.

How much current?

a)

80000 amps

b)

8 amps

c)

0.5 amps

d)

2 amps

e)

20 amps

23.

What is the current?

a)

40 amps

b)

4 amps

c)

1000 amps

d)

100 amps

24.

A) Insulator B) Conductor

1) A device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.

2) A material that resists the flow of electric current

3) Material made up of atoms with tightly bound electrons that are not able to flow freely

4) A material which contains movable electric charges. In metallic [ ], such as copper or aluminum, the movable charged particles are electrons

a)

1: B

2: A

3: A

4: B

b)

1: A

2: A

3: A

4: B

c)

1: A

2: B

3: A

4: B

d)

1: B

2: A

3: B

4: A

e)

1: A

2: B

3: B

4: A

25.
a)

20 volts

b)

200 volts

c)

2000 volts

d)

20,000 volts

e)

200,000 volts

26.
a)

1600 volts

b)

16,000 volts

c)

400 volts

d)

1000 volts

e)

0.01 volts

27.
a)

1 ohm

b)

10 ohms

c)

100 ohms

d)

1000 ohms

e)

10,000 ohms

28.

1) Newton

2) Watt

3) Meter

4) Joule

5) Hertz

a)

1: Force

2: Power

3: Distance

4: Energy

5: Frequency

b)

1: Pressure

2: Power

3: Distance

4: Energy

5: Frequency

c)

1: Force

2: Power

3: Volume

4: Energy

5: Frequency

d)

1: Force

2: Power

3: Distance

4: Energy

5: Resistance

e)

1: Force

2: Energy

3: Distance

4: Power

5: Frequency

29.

1) Opposite charges:

2) Same charges:

3) Electrons have ___ charge.

a)

1: attract

2: repel

3: negative

b)

1: attract

2: repel

3: positive

c)

1: repel

2: attract

3: negative

d)

1: repel

2: attract

3: positive

30.

A) directly proportional B) inversely related

1) As the force increases, the acceleration also increases.

2) As the mass increases, the acceleration decreases.

3) A = F/m

4) A = F/m

a)

1: A

2: B

3: A

4: B

b)

1: B

2: B

3: A

4: A

c)

1: B

2: A

3: B

4: A

d)

1: A

2: B

3: B

4: A

e)

1: B

2: A

3: A

4: B

31.

A) directly proportional B) inversely related

1) As the resistance in an electric circuit increases, the current decreases.

2) As the voltage in an electric circuit decreases, the current decreases.

3) I = V/R

4) I = V/R

a)

1: B

2: A

3: A

4: B

b)

1: A

2: B

3: B

4: A

c)

1: A

2: B

3: A

4: B

d)

1: B

2: A

3: B

4: A

e)

1: B

2: B

3: A

4: A

32.

A) Flow of current

B) Negative terminals

C) Spring

D) Switch

E) Positive terminals

a)

1: A

2: B

3: D

4: C

5: E

b)

1: E

2: B

3: D

4: C

5: A

c)

1: A

2: E

3: D

4: C

5: B

d)

1: D

2: C

3: A

4: B

5: E

33.

T / F

1) An electrical circuit is like a lazy river at a water park.

2) An electrical circuit is like energy flowing from the Sun to Earth to plants to animals to heat in the atmosphere to infrared radiation that Earth emits into space.

a)

1: T

2: F

b)

1: T

2: T

c)

1: F

2: F

d)

1: F

2: T

34.

Identify:

a)

1: Nucleus

2: Neutron

3: Proton

4: Electron

b)

1: Neutron

2: Nucleus

3: Proton

4: Electron

c)

1: Nucleus

2: Proton

3: Neutron

4: Electron

d)

1: Neutron

2: Nucleus

3: Electron

4: Proton

35.

Identify:

a)

1: Most of the mass of the atom

2: Zero charge

3: +1

4: -1

b)

1: Half of the mass of the atom

2: Zero charge

3: +1

4: -1

c)

1: Most of the mass of the atom

2: -1

3: +1

4: -1

36.

Forces on the Atom

1) Gravity is amazingly ___ compared to the other forces that affect atoms.

2) At any distance two protons are gravitationally ___ to each other.

3) At any distance, two protons are electrically ___ from each other.

4) Only at a ___ distances, two protons are attracted to each other by the nuclear strong force.

a)

1: feeble

2: attracted

3: repelled

4: close

b)

1: feeble

2: repelled

3: attracted

4: close

c)

1: strong

2: attracted

3: repelled

4: close

d)

1: strong

2: attracted

3: repelled

4: far

37.

How much stronger is the electrical force of repulsion between the two protons than the gravitational force of attraction?

a)

10

b)

1000

c)

1036 or

1000000000000000000000000000000000000

d)

A googol or 10100 or 1000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000

e)

A googolplex or 10googol

If you wrote a zero on every atom in the universe, that would still be short on writing this number out

38.

A) Hydrogen atom

B) Proton

C) Helium atom

D) Neutron

a)

1: B

2: D

3: A

4: C

b)

1: D

2: B

3: A

4: C

c)

1: B

2: D

3: C

4: A

d)

1: A

2: D

3: B

4: C

e)

1: B

2: C

3: D

4: A

39.

1) Which particle experiences the greatest attractive force?

2) Which particle experiences the greatest repulsive force?

a)

1: C

2: B

b)

1: B

2: A

c)

1: B

2: D

d)

1: C

2: E

e)

1: A

2: C

40.

1) Circuit in series

2) Circuit in parallel

3) In which circuit does the battery experience the greatest resistance?

a)

1: B

2: A

3: B

b)

1: B

2: A

3: A

c)

1: A

2: B

3: B

d)

1: A

2: B

3: A

41.

1) This is the way your house and all buildings are wired.

2) If one bulb goes out, they all do.

3) The pathways are more, so the resistance is less. Then, the current is greater.

a)

1: B

2: A

3: B

b)

1: A

2: B

3: A

c)

1: A

2: A

3: B

d)

1: B

2: B

3: A

e)

1: B

2: A

3: A

42.

1) The pathways are more, so the resistance is less. Then, the current is greater.

2) Because resistance is low in the circuit, too much current can melt the wires. Thus, switch breakers are installed.

3) The resistance of each bulb is added together, so the current is low in the circuit.

a)

1: B

2: A

3: B

b)

1: A

2: B

3: A

c)

1: A

2: A

3: B

d)

1: B

2: B

3: A

e)

1: B

2: A

3: A

43.

1) How much resistance does the battery experience?

2) How much current is flowing in the circuit?

a)

1: 20 ohms

2: 3 amps

b)

1: 60 volts

2: 3 amps

c)

1: 10 ohms

2: 600 amps

d)

1: 40 ohms

2: 40 amps

e)

1: 20 ohms

2: 40 amps

44.

Which light bulbs will be brighter?

a)

The bulbs in series

b)

The bulbs in parallel

45.

1) This requires a circuit breaker incase to much current begins to run through the wires; the circuit gets broken before the wire melts.

2) If the TV broke, then you couldn’t use the washing machine or many other appliances in the house if this was the setup.

a)

1: A circuit setup in parallel

2: A circuit setup in series

b)

1: A circuit setup in series

2: A circuit setup in parallel

46.

Electric Power = Current x Voltage

If the circuit has 2.5 amperes with a voltage of 100 volts, what is the power of the circuit?

a)

0.025 watts

b)

25 watts

c)

250 watts

d)

2500 watts

e)

0.25 watts

47.

Electric Power = Current(I) x Voltage(IR) = I2R

The circuit has 5 amperes of current and 100 ohms of resistance. What is the power of the circuit?

a)

500 watts

b)

250 watts

c)

2500 watts

d)

5000 watts

e)

4 watts

48.

1) Which pair of charges repel each other? A or B

2) Which charge is positive? C or D

3) Which pair of charges attract each other? A or B

4) Which charge is negative? C or D

a)

1: B

2: D

3: A

4: C

b)

1: A

2: D

3: B

4: C

c)

1: B

2: C

3: A

4: D

d)

1: A

2: C

3: B

4: D

49.

1) Current continuously flowing in one direction

2) Current that flows first in one direction and then back in the other.

3) Like blood being pumped away from the heart

4) Comes and goes like a tide, not twice a day but rather many times a second

a)

1: Direct current (DC)

2: Alternating current (AC)

3: Direct current (DC)

4: Alternating current (AC)

b)

1: Alternating current (AC)

2: Direct current (DC)

3: Direct current (DC)

4: Alternating current (AC)

c)

1: Direct current (DC)

2: Alternating current (AC)

3: Alternating current (AC)

4: Direct current (DC)

d)

1: Alternating current (AC)

2: Direct current (DC)

3: Alternating current (AC)

4: Direct current (DC)

50.

1) Filament light bulb

2) Creating lightning, air becoming a plasma

3) Hot strip of metal

4) Soft glow of light, perfect for indoors

5) Bright, miniature Sun for lighting the outdoors at night

6) Thomas Edison invented

7) Arc lamp

a)

1: B

2: A

3: B

4: B

5: A

6: B

7: A

b)

1: A

2: B

3: B

4: B

5: A

6: B

7: A

c)

1: B

2: A

3: B

4: A

5: B

6: B

7: A

d)

1: B

2: A

3: A

4: B

5: A

6: A

7: B

51.

Which circuit will drain the battery of its stored chemical energy first?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

The same rate

52.

What is the electrical resistance of copper wire?

a)

0.00000001 ohms

b)

0.1 ohms

c)

1000 ohms

d)

100,000 ohms

e)

100,000,000,000,000 ohms

53.

What is the electrical resistance of rubber?

a)

0.00000001 ohms

b)

0.1 ohms

c)

1000 ohms

d)

100,000 ohms

e)

100,000,000,000,000 ohms

54.

Identify:

a)

1: Direct current

2: Alternating current

b)

1: Alternating current

2: Direct current

55.

The equations for the gravitational force and the electrical force are very similar. One significant difference between them is:

a)

gravity is only attractive while electrical can also be repulsive

b)

gravity only acts at very, very close distances

c)

the electrical force does not diminish with distance