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Electrical Energy Trivial Pursuit

Featuring the SOL’s 4.2a, 4.3 a-e

Created by Miss WhiteoakClover Hill Elementary

2002

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1. Read each question and the four choices. 2. Click on the answer you think is correct.

3. If your answer is wrong, TRY AGAIN!

4. Then click on the screen to go to the next page.

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Dry cell batteries are the main source of electrical power for ______________.

flashlights

fluorescent lamps

computers

toasters

Question 1

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Question 2

Which of the following supplies energy to a car?

Dry cell

Circuit breaker

Fuse

Wet cell

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Question 3

Which of the following produces electricity by changing chemical energy into electrical energy, so it can be used to do work?

Solar panel

Generator

Electromagnet

Dry cell battery

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Question 4

Magnets are attracted to objects made of _________.

copper

brass

aluminum

iron

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Question 5

Which measure the strength of an electric current?

Ohms

Volts

Amps

Watts

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Question 6

If an object has a negative electrical charge, it has _____.

The same number of neutrons as protons

The same number of protons and electrons

More electrons than protons

More protons than electrons

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Question 7

Which of the following could be done to make an electromagnet stronger?

Use fewer loops of wire in the coil.

Use more loops of wire in the coil.

Decrease the current.

Overlap the loops of wire.

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Question 8

The amount of electric current flowing in a wire depends on the number of _______.

Free protons passing though it

Free neutrons passing though it

Free electrons passing though it

Free atoms passing through it

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Question 9

Who was the British doctor who discovered he could make amber beads repel each other and called what he saw electricity?

William Gilbert

Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Edison

Lewis Latimer

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Question 10

In Benjamin Franklin’s famous kite experiment, he proved that lightning is ______.

alternating current

direct current

static electricity

short circuit

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Question 11

In a parallel circuit___________________________.

electrons move along a single pathway

electrons have two or more pathways on which to travel

short circuits do not occur

all lights go out when one light is removed

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Question 12

What is a switch-like device that protects electrical circuits from excess current?

Fuse

Generator

Battery

Circuit breaker

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Question 13

The filament in a light bulb causes traveling electrons to slow down because it is _________.

Long, thin and coiled

A wide piece of tungsten

Protected by glass

An insulator

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Question 14

What happens to the three light bulbs in a series circuit if the switch is opened?

All bulbs light up.

The center bulb lights up.

The first bulb goes out.

All bulbs go out.

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Question 15

Which item is a good conductor of electricity?

Rubber

Glass

Copper

Pencil lead

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Question 16

A resistor in an electrical circuit changes electrical energy to _______.

Heat energy

Mechanical energy

Chemical energy

Solar energy

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