Electricity Jeopardy

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B. dust particles

A. charges

C. atoms

D. mass

All matter is made up of tiny particles called

Matter is made up of tiny particles called atoms

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Tiny particles that have a positive charge are called

B. electrons

D. atoms

C. neutrons

A. protons

Tiny particles that have a positive charge are called protons.

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Tiny particles that have a negative charge are called:

B. Electrons

D. Atoms

C. Neutrons

A. Protons

Tiny particles that have a negative charge are called electrons.

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How do atoms become positive or negatively

charged?B. All of the answers

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C. Pick up electrical charges from other objects

D. Electrons fall off an object

A. Rubbing against another object

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If you rub a neutral balloon with a cloth, what charge will the

balloon become?B. positive

C. neutral

D. electric

A. negative

If you rub a neutral balloon with a cloth, it will become negative as electrons are transferred from the

cloth to the balloon.

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Materials that allow electricity to flow easily

through them A. conductor

D. Dry cell

C. terminal

B. insulator

Materials that allow electricity to easily flow through them are

called conductors.

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A. conductors

Materials that do not allow electricity to flow through them are called

D. Dry cell

C. terminals

B. insulators

Materials that don’t allow electricity to flow through them easily are called insulators such

as glass, plastic, rubber, air, and wood.

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Current flowing through an object can

be turned on or off using this

A. terminal

D. switch

C. conductor

B. resistor

Current can be turned on and off using a switch.

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Something that allows electricity to flow

through it, but it doesn’t flow easily.

A. insulator

D. Dry cell

C. terminal

B. resistor

Something that allows electricity to flow through it, but it doesn’t flow easily is called a resistor.

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Another name for a dry cell

A. battery

D. filament

C. resistor

B. terminal

Another name for a dry cell is a battery.

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A circuit

The path that electricity can move through

D ellipse

C oval

B orbit

The path that electricity can move through is called a circuit.

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If you have a circuit with no gaps or breaks,

it is called A. Resistor

D. Open circuit

C. Closed circuit

B. Short circuit

If you have a circuit with no gaps or breaks it is called a closed circuit.

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A. Parallel Circuit

A circuit with gaps or breaks is called

B. Series Circuit

C. Closed circuit

D. Open circuit

A circuit with gaps or breaks is called an open circuit.

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In a parallel circuit, what would happen if you disconnect one bulb that is wired to

others?

A. The other bulbs will go out.

B. The other bulbs will stay lit.

D. The filament will burn out.

C. The other bulbs will blow.

The other bulbs will stay lit in a parallel circuit.

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What would What would happen if a happen if a

bulb that was bulb that was wired to other wired to other

bulbs was bulbs was disconnected disconnected

in a series in a series circuit?circuit?

A. The other bulbs would remain lit.

B. Nothing would happen to the other bulbs.

D. The other bulbs would not go out.

C. The other bulbs would go out.

In a series circuit, if you disconnect one bulb, the In a series circuit, if you disconnect one bulb, the other bulbs will go out.other bulbs will go out.

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A. Michael Faraday

B. Ben Franklin

C. Thomas Edison

D. Alexander Graham Bell

Who invented the lightbulb?

Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb.

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Who is known for doing lots of experiments with

electromagnets? A. Thomas Edison

B. Michael Faraday

C. Ben Franklin


Michael Faraday discovered electromagnets.

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Who invented the lightning rod?

A. Ben Franklin

B. Thomas Edison

C. Michael Faraday


Ben Franklin invented the lightning rod.

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Which of the following was not invented by Michael

Faraday?

A. Generator

B. Electric Motor

C. Lightning rod

D. Transformer

Michael Faraday did not invent the lightning rod. Ben Franklin invented the

lightening rod.

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What was Faraday’s experiment?

A. He found that you can make electricity using magnets.

B. He found that you can make magnets using electricity.

C. He did experiments with

electromagnets.

D. All of the above.

Faraday did all of those experiments.

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The buildup of electrical charge is called

A. Static electricity

B. Current electricity

C. Electrical discharge

D. Circuit

The buildup of electrical charge is called static electricity.

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A. Opposite charges

repel.

B. Opposite charges attract.

C. The wall and balloon are both negative.

D The wall and balloonare both positive

Why does a balloon stick to the wall?

A balloon sticks to the wall because opposite charges attract each other.

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What does a resistor produce? A. All of the

following

B.Light

C. Heat

D Slows electricity

Resistors slow the flow of electricity and produce heat

and light.

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When lightning strikes the ground, this is an example

of an electrical discharge

produced by

A. Current electricity

B. Static electricity

C. Open circuit

D. Terminals

Lightning is an example of an electrical discharge produced

from a buildup of static electricity.

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What part of an atom is transferred in an electrical

discharge?A. protons

B. neutrons

C. electrons

D. resistors

Electrons are transferred in an electrical discharge.

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