Name ____________

Electrical Energy Test

  1. What is static electricity?

 

 

 

  1. There are 2 kinds of electrical charge, what are they?

 

Electrons have a ___________ charge. Protons have a _____________

charge.

 

3. A circuit is __________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________

4. What do you need to make a circuit?

          1.

 

          2.

 

          3.

 

5. What is the difference between an open circuit and a closed circuit? Will electricity flow through both types of circuits?

 

 

 

 

6. What are insulators and conductors? Give two examples of each.

 

 

 

 

7. Magnets have 2 poles – north and south. What would you expect these magnets to do?

 

N                               S

N                               S

         

 

8. In general, what kinds of materials are attracted to magnets? List some examples of objects that would be attracted to magnets and some that would not be attracted to magnets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fill in the blank.

          Magnetic poles          circuit          electron      proton          same             static           Opposite          conductors            closed           insulator          different

 

1.       If two objects push away from each other, then they both have the__________ type of charge.

 

2.     _____________ _________ are the area of a magnet where the attraction is the strongest.

3.     _______________ are materials that will allow electricity to flow through

them. An ____________ prevents the flow of electricity.

 

4.     A circuit that has no breaks or places where the current can’t flow is called a(n) ________________ circuit.

 

Matching

1.This type of energy comes                     a. current electricity

from the sun                                            

                                                                   b. Thomas Edison

2. The ability to do work                                        

                                                                                    c. solar power  

3. Moving electrical charge                                      

                                                                   d. circuit

4. Scientist who invented the

 lightbulb                                                     e. energy

 

5. Pathway for electricity to

flow through