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1. Which of the following would not give you a shock?

Your answer:

hitting power lines with a kite

sticking a fork into an electrical outlet

staying away from power lines

dropping a radio into a bathtub

2. Which of these would be the best conductor of electricity?

Your answer:

air

space

saltwater

glass

3. How does alternating current (AC) differ from direct current (DC)?

Your answer:

AC alternates from a positive to a negative charge.

AC alternates from high voltage to low voltage.

AC changes the direction of its current.

They are different names for the same thing.

4. Which of these scientists invented electricity?

Your answer:

Thomas Edison

Benjamin Franklin

Allesandro Volta

None of the above

5. Why are people with heart trouble often shocked with electricity?

Your answer:

It startles them, much like curing hiccups.

Their body is low on electric current, and they need a boost.

A powerful charge is required to overcome the resistance of the muscles.

Electric shock briefly stops the heart, allowing muscles to regain rhythm.

6. What function does a circuit serve in your home?

Your answer:

It protects your home against lightning strikes.

It increases the voltage from the power lines outside your house.

It provides a complete path through which electricity can flow.

It provides a barrier against electromagnetic radiation.

7. What is the difference between a series circuit and a parallel circuit?

Your answer:

A series circuit has one path; the parallel circuit splits into branches.

A series circuit must have a fuse.

A parallel circuit must have a circuit breaker.


A parallel circuit has one path, the series circuit splits into branches.

8. How does a basic switch work?

Your answer:

The switch changes polarity, which determines the current’s direction.

The switch closes the circuit, which turns off the current.

The switch opens the circuit, allowing current to flow.

Two conductors move together and apart to control the current’s flow.

9. Which of the following is not an example of static electricity at work?

Your answer:

getting a shock after walking across a rug on a dry day

toner in a photocopier being attracted to paper

a magnet picking up iron filings

a bolt of lightning striking the Earth

10. When batteries are placed in a flashlight, the positive terminal of one is connected to the negative terminal of
the next. Why?

Your answer:

So electricity can flow from one to the next.

So the current is slowed as it enters the next battery.

So the voltage is decreased as it enters the next battery.

So the electromagnetic interference is reduced.

1)What is an example of alternative energy?

Coal

Corn oil

Natural gas

2)How can you save electricity?

By turning off lights

By eating

By leaving lights on

3)What is an advantage of nuclear power?

Lots of waste

Produces a lot of energy

Eats dinner

4)What is reclamation?

Strip-mining
The opposite of strip-mining

Recycling

5)How can electricity be generated?

By rubbing a balloon on your head

By watching TV

By eating lots of fruits and vegetables

6)What is a disadvantage of a nuclear reactor?

Lots of energy

Lots of waste

It splits atoms

7)What is a fossil fuel?

A green rock

Natural gas, oil or coal

A hard fossil

8)What is the energy that can be strip mined?

Solar

Water

Coal

9)Where is most geothermal energy located in the US?

Under cities

In the wilderness

Washington, DC

10)Alessandro Volta made the first

Light bulb

Telephone

Battery

11) Who built the first electric generating machine?

Nikola Tesla

Alessandro Volta

Otto Von Guericke

12)Who made the first DC (direct current) transmitter?

Nikola Tesla

Thomas Edison

André Ampère

13) What is a disadvantage of fossil fuels?

It causes acid precipitation

It is a renewable resource

There are only two different kinds of fossil fuels

14) Fill in the blank: Thales observed static electricity when he rubbed _____ and wool together.

Iron ore

Amber

Wheat

15) Fill in the blank: Thomas Edison made the first _____ light bulb.

Fluorescent
Incandescent

Strongest

16) True or False: Solar energy is a non-renewable energy source.

True

False

17) True or False: Ohm's Law is a way to find out resistance, voltage, and amperage. Ohm's law states that
amperage=ohms/voltage. True or False?

True

False

18) Appliances in our homes today run on

Indirect current

Direct current

Alternating current

19) Wind power, as a source of energy, is

Clean and expensive

Clean and inexpensive

Polluting and inexpensive

20) What is one reason that we have power failures?

Because a stone falls from the house gutters

Because lightning hits a rock

Because a tree breaks the power line

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