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Magnetism and Electricity Test

22 Questions - Developed by: Alison Chung - Updated on: 2014-04-15 - Developed on: 2014-04-03 - 68,031 taken - User Rating: 4.0 of 5 - 11 votes - 49 people like it

1

An electromagnet is an example of...

A conductor
A permanent magnet
A circuit
A temporary magnet
Static electricity

2

A(n) _____________ can be turned on and off

Insulator
Electromagnet
Circuit
Conductor
Battery

3

An electromagnet can be created by

Connecting a magnet to the potato
Rub a balloon with your hair
Rub a needle with a magnet and connect it to a cork
Rubbing a balloon with wool and stick it on the wall
Wrapping iron core with wire and connecting the wire to a battery

4

An example of ________________ is a battery connected to a light bulb with wires

electric charge
Current electricity
Magnetic fields
Static discharge
parallel circuits

5

Current electricity is _____________________.

a path for electricity to flow through
A flow of electric charge.
Build up of electric charge
the push in a simple circuit
a positive charge

6

A ______ is used to open and close a circuit.

Conductor
proton
magnetic field
Insulator
Switch

7

Static electricity is the ______________________.

unlike charges attracting each other
electric current in a closed circuit
Build up of electric charges
A push in a circuit
Complete path in which electricity flows

8

A closed circuit is a _______________.

open circuit
magnetic field
parallel circuit
Battery
circuit in which current is able to flow and light up a bulb

9

A complete path through which electricity can flow is called _____.

A battery
a conductor
An insulator
a magnet
A circuit

10

A parallel circuit ___________________________.

Will repel one other
Has more than one path for electricity to flow.
Has only one path to flow.
Will not let electricity to flow.
provides a push in a simple circuit

11

A series circuit__________________________.

Will have a positive charge
will attract one other
has only one path for electricity to flow.
Allows electricity to flow
will have a negative charge

12

A battery _________________________.

will attract iron
will lose electrons
can provide the push in a simple circuit.
repels others
Is a magnetic field

13

An open circuit ____________________________.

Will gain electron from friction
will insulate
Will conduct heat
will not allow electricity to flow
will repel magnets

14

An object that gains electrons will have a ___________.

An electric current
Neutron
Positive charge
Negative charge
Neutral charge

15

An object that loses electrons will have ____________.

A negative charge
A positive charge
Static electricity
Electric charges
Static discharge

16

The magnetic field in an electromagnet is a(n)_____________.

Electric charge
Electric current
Compass
Open circuit
Current electricity

17

Two like charges will ______________.

Do nothing
attract each other
Repel each other

18

Two unlike charges will_____________.

Repel each other
Stay in the same place
Attract each other

19

If a magnet is put into a pile of paper clips, the paper clips will ___________ to the magnet.

Stand up
Run away from the magnet
Repel
Attract
Float

20

What are insulators?

Unlike charges
Objects that do not let electricity flow
Like charges
Metal
Objects that allow electricity to flow

21

What are conductors?

Objects that don't allow electricity to flow
Plastic
Objects that allow electricity to flow
Paper
Rubber

22

What materials do you need to make an electromagnet?

Needle, and a cork
wires, battery, a nail...
A light bulb, battery, and wires
Paper clips and a battery
Plastic, battery, wires...

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