Review: Chapter 20 Electricity Name _____________________Hr_______

1. If an atom loses electrons, it becomes a ___________________________ion

2. The strength of an electric field depends on what two things:

Figure 20-1

3. If the two charges represented in Figure 20-1 were brought near each other, they would do what?

4. Walking across a carpet is an example of charge being transferred by ________________________

5. If a neutral metal comb is held near an object with a negative charge, the comb will become charged

by__________________________________

6. What type of current is used in a battery?

7. The type of current in your school is mostly____________________________. What type if circuit is

found in your school?___________________________

8. What type of materials allows charges to flow easily? Give two examples.

9. What is going on with the electrons of an electrical insulator?

10. Resistance is affected by a material’s name three thing:

11. If you increased the thickness of a wire what would it do to its resistance?

12. What is the difference in electrical potential energy between two places in an electric field?

13. The current in a clothes iron measures 5.0 amps. The resistance of the iron is 30 ohms.

What is the voltage?

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14. Write the formula that represents Ohm’s law?

15. How many paths through which charge can flow would be shown in a circuit diagram of a series circuit?

16. Most of the circuits in your home are

 Review: Chapter 20 Electricity Name _____________________Hr_______
17. What is the unit of electric power?

18. If you know the power rating of an appliance and the voltage of the line it is attached to, you can calculate the

current the appliance uses by: _______________________divided by_______________________

19. List 5 things that provide electrical safety?

20. A ground-fault circuit interrupter shuts down a circuit if it

21. The electric field around a positive charge points _________________________ the charge.

22. Like charges ____________________ and opposite charges ____________________.

23. When a pathway through which charges can move forms suddenly, _________________________ occurs.

24. The SI unit of electric current is the ____________________.

25. Scientists usually define the direction of current as the direction in which ____________________ charges

would flow.

26. Wood, plastic, and rubber are good electrical ____________________, and copper is a good electrical

____________________.

27. The SI unit of resistance is the ____________________.

28. A material that has almost zero resistance when it is cooled to low temperatures is a(an) Georg Simon
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_________________________.

29. Potential difference is measured in _________________________.

30. A complete path through which charge can flow is an electric ____________________.

31. To calculate power, multiply voltage measured in ____________________ by ____________________

measured in amps.

32. The transfer of excess charge through a conductor to Earth is called ____________________.

Draw a Series Circuit Draw a Parallel Circuit