Electricity & Magnetism Vocabulary Quiz
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MULTIPLE CHOICE VOCABULARY
- 1.To pull towards one another.
- A.
Circuit
- B.
Attract
- C.
Pole lightning
- D.
Detract
- 2.A build-up of electrical charge.
- A.
Static electricity
- B.
Insulator
- C.
Fuse
- D.
Short circuit
- 3.To push away.
- A.
Discharge
- B.
Open circuit
- C.
Closed circuit
- D.
Repel
- 4.An instrument that uses a freely moving magnetic needle to indicate direction.
- A.
Compass
- B.
Insulator
- C.
Static electricity
- D.
Fuse
- 5.A material through which electricity doesn’t flow.
- A.
Insulator
- B.
Open circuit
- C.
Conductor
- D.
Closed circuit
- 6.A material in which electricity flows easily.
- A.
Insulator
- B.
Open circuit
- C.
Conductor
- D.
Closed circuit
- 7.When a build-up of electrical charge empties into something.
- A.
Short circuit
- B.
Discharge
- C.
Fuse
- D.
Series circuit
- 8.Either of two opposing forces or parts, such as the poles of a magnet.
- A.
Pole
- B.
Lodestone
- C.
Patent
- D.
Repel
- 9.A circuit in which each bulb is connected to the cell separately.
- A.
Closed circuit
- B.
Circuit
- C.
Parallel circuit
- D.
Series circuit
- 10.A complete path that electricity can move.
- A.
Path
- B.
Electricity path
- C.
Circuit path
- D.
Circuit
- 11.A moving electrical charge.
- A.
Current electricity
- B.
Electric current
- C.
Current
- D.
Electricity
- 12.A complete circuit.
- A.
Closed circuit
- B.
Open circuit
- C.
Magnetism
- D.
Lightning
- 13.An incomplete circuit.
- A.
Closed circuit
- B.
Open circuit
- C.
Lightning
- D.
Magnetism
- 14.A device that can open/close a circuit.
- A.
Open circuit
- B.
Closed circuit
- C.
Switch
- D.
Circuit
- 15.A flash of light caused by a discharge of static electricity.
- A.
Static electricity
- B.
Discharge
- C.
Lightning
- D.
Current
- 16.When too much current flows through a conductor.
- A.
Shutdown
- B.
Short circuit
- C.
Blown fuse
- D.
Insulator
- 17.A material in which electricity has difficulty flowing.
- A.
Resistor
- B.
Conductor
- C.
Insulator
- D.
Circuit
- 18.A circuit in which the current must flow through one bulb in order to flow through the other
- A.
Circuit
- B.
Series circuit
- C.
Parallel circuit
- D.
Circuit breaker
- 19.The material in a light bulb that glows when heated by an electric current.
- A.
Resistor
- B.
Switch
- C.
Discharge
- D.
Filament
- 20.A switch that protects circuits from dangerously high currents.
- A.
Light bulb
- B.
Circuit breaker
- C.
Pole
- D.
Magnetism
- 21.A device that keeps too much electric current from flowing through wires.
- A.
Circuit breaker
- B.
Fuse
- C.
Block
- D.
Pole
- 22.The flow of electricity through a condictor
- A.
Repel
- B.
Conductor
- C.
Current
- D.
Insulator
- 23.A form of energy that can produce light, heat, and magnetism.
- A.
Electric
- B.
Electricity
- C.
Electromagnet
- D.
Electric magnets
- 24.A piece of iron that becomes a temporary magnet when electricity flows through an insulated wire wrapped around it.
- A.
Metal
- B.
Steel
- C.
Iron
- D.
Electromagnet
- 25.A property of certain kinds of materials that causes them to attract iron, metal, or steel.
- A.
Magnetic
- B.
Magnetism
- C.
Magnets
- D.
Flow
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