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Magnetism and Electricity Unit Test

Part 1: Multiple Choice- Circle the best answer. (16 points total)

1) What will happen when the magnets in the diagram below are brought close together?

(a) They will push each other away.

(b) They will come together.
(c) They will repel.
(d) Nothing will happen.

2) What do the lines around this magnet show?

(a) The magnetic lines of force.
(b) The lines of the south pole.
(c) Like poles repel.
(d) An electric current.

3) A charge, which builds up on the outside of an object, like a balloon, is called

(a) current electricity.
(b) static electricity.
(c) a magnetic field.
(d) an electromagnet.

4) After you rub a balloon on your hair, the balloon sticks to a wall because
(a) your hair made the balloon sticky.
(b) the wall has no charge.
(c) like charges repel.
(d) unlike charges attract,

5) The bulb in the circuit shown in the diagram will light because
(a) the circuit is open.
(b) the filament is broken.
(c) the circuit is closed.
 (d) there is a short circuit.

6) The bulb shown here will not light when it is in a circuit. Why?
(a) The filament is broken
(b) The connecting wires inside the bulb are missing.
(c) The glass bead is gone and the connecting wires touch.
(d) The bulb is fine. It will light.

7) What will happen when a second bulb is added in series to this circuit?
(a) Both bulbs will get brighter.
(b) Both bulbs will not light.
(c) Both bulbs will not be as bright as the one alone.
(d) The second bulb will not be as bright as the first one.

8) In this circuit, two bulbs have more __________ than one bulb.
(a) energy
(b) resistance
(c) current
(d) light

9) What will happen when bulb A is removed from the bulb holder?
(a) Bulbs B and C will stay lit.
(b) Bulbs B and C will go out.
(c) Bulbs B and C will get brighter.
(d) Bulbs B and C will get dimmer.
10) Which is true about a series circuit?
(a) It has independent branches.
(b) The electrons flow from the positive terminal of the dry cell to the negative
terminal.
(c) There is one path for the current flow.
(d) The bulbs get brighter as more are added to the circuit.

11) The diagram on the right shows

(a) A series circuit with two bulbs.
(b) A series circuit with two dry cells.
(c) A parallel circuit with two dry cells.
(d) A parallel circuit with two bulbs.

12) To make a test circuit with which to test conductors you need
(a) a dry cell, a bulb, and a switch.
(b) a pencil, a dry cell, and two wires.
(c) a light bulb, a switch, and three connecting wires.
(d) a dry cell, three connecting wires, and a bulb.

13) Which of these items is a good insulator?

(a) copper wire
(b) paper clip
(c) chalk
(d) nail

14) How could you make the magnetic needle of this compass turn?
(a) Connect the wire to a bulb.
(b) Connect the wire to a dry cell.
(c) Connect the wire to a switch.
(d) Connect the wire to a magnet.

15) How could you change this electromagnet so that it would pick up more paperclips?
(a) Put more coils of wire on the nail.
(b) Put fewer coils of wire on the nail.
(c) Use a longer nail.
(d) Use a shorter nail.
 16) Which of these people did experiments with static electricity?
(a) Thomas Edison
(b) Benjamin Franklin
(c) Michael Faraday
(d) Hans Christian Oersted

Part 2: Short Answer (5 points total)

17) Why is it best to have parallel circuits for appliances in your home rather than series
circuits? (1 point)

18) What is one difference and one similarity between series circuits and parallel circuits?
(2 points)

19) What are the forms of electricity that electrical energy can be transformed into?
(2 points)

Part 3: Matching Vocabulary (9 points total)

20) _____ open circuit A) has only one pathway for the
electrical current to flow

21) _____ closed circuit B) materials that electrical energy

moves through (metals)

22) _____ resistance C) allow the free flow of current

 through a circuit

23) _____ series circuit D) materials that do not conduct

electricity well (rubber, plastic, wood)

24) _____ parallel circuit E) a solid substance that attracts iron

and steel

25) _____ conductors F) prevent the movement of electrical

energy

26) _____ insulators G) an area around a magnet in which a

magnetic force is active

27) _____ magnet H) the ability of a material to reduce

the flow of electric current

28) _____ magnetic field I) has two or more pathways for the
electrical current to flow