grade 6 IPC

Why do electricians always wrap wires in plastic?

• Plastic comes in many different colors

• Plastic is a good electrical conductor

• Plastic makes the wires easy to bend

• Plastic is a good electrical insulator

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Which of these materials is a good conductor of electricity?

• Rubber

• Metal

• Newspaper

• Glass

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How can it be explained that someone's hair can stick to a balloon?

• There is static electricity

• There is too much dust in the air

• A parallel circuit was too long

• The person needs to wash his hair

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which of the following materials are best used as insulators?

• Wood

• Rubber

• Metal

• Plastic

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Which contribution toward understanding electricity was made by Michael Faraday?

• Created the first electric power generator

• Discovered that lightning carried electricity

• Concentrated on mass-producing long-lasting light bulbs

• Improved the telegraph system

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What contribution did Thomas Edison make toward the study of electricity?

• He invented the light bulb

• He invented a generator that would produce electricity

• He discovered the nucleus of an atom

• He discovered that lightning is a form of electricity

Electricity that flows in a closed path is called a

• path
• current
• circuit

____________ allows electricity to flow.

• A conductor
• An insulator
• A magnet

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____________ stops the flow of electricity.

• A conductor
• An insulator
• A magnet

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When the switch is closed, the light

• comes on
• stays off
• burns out

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