Electricity QuizMr. Montalbano

Professor: Dr. RansomEDTS 580-30: Multimedia for Educators

Spring 2009

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understanding of vocabulary related to electricity. All of these concepts are to be related to electricity. Please take a few minutes to complete this ten-question quiz.

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A conductor is a ______.A. Measure of how much a material opposes the flow of

electric current and changes electric current into heat energy

B. material through which electric current passes easily

C. material that electric current does not pass easily

D. person that drives a train

A resistor is a(n) ______.A. example of a generator

B. device which prevents protons from an atom attracting to the electrons of that same atom

A. measure of how much a material opposes the flow of electric current and changes electric current into heat energy

D. magnet moving inside a coil of wire, making electricity

The current for each appliance has its own path in a(n) ______.

A. closed circuit

B. parallel circuit

C. series circuit

D. open circuit

This type of material is a good conductor of electricity ______.

A. copper

B. glass

C. rubber

D. iron

A small magnet that can turn freely is a(n) ______.

A. compass

B. electromagnet

C. micromagnet

D. dimagnet

Magnetism is strongest at the ______.A. center of the magnet

B. poles of the magnet

C. space around the magnet

D. focal point of the magnet

An electromagnet is a temporary magnet.

A. True

B. False

Generators have huge magnets and huge coils of wire to make electricity.

A. True

B. False

If a parallel circuit is open, both light bulbs will be lit.

A. True

B. False

It is safe to touch electricity if there is an insulator around the conductor.

A. True

B. False

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