Its Electric!

What is a charge?

• the measure of the extra positive or negative particles that an object has

• the charge that stays on an object

• the space where electric forces occur around an object

• the push or pull between objects with different charges

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The charge that stays on an object is called ______________.

• charge

• circuit

• static electricity

• conductor

When an object has more positive charges than negative charges, its overall charge is ________________.

• neutral

• negative

• static

• positive

If an object has more negative charges than positive charges, its overall charge is ______________.

• negative

• neutral

• positive

• insulator

What is an electric field?

• when two objects push away from each other

• the space where electric forces occur around an object

• when two objects attract each other

• a circuit that has only one path for the current

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A flow of electric charges is called ___________.

• circuit

• series circuit

• electric current

• parallel circuit

True or False: Only positive charges can move between objects.

• True

• False

What is a circuit?

• a flow of electric charges

• a material that current can pass through easily

• a path that is made for an electric current

• A material that current cannot pass through easily

A battery is an __________________, which supplies energy to move charges.

• electric cell

• resistor

• insulator

• circuit

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What is a conductor?

• a material that current cannot pass through easily

• a material that current can pass through easily

• a material that resists but doesn't stop the flow of current

• a material that supplies energy to move charges