Electricity and Magnetism Quiz

What is the potential difference?

• The resistance in an electric circuit

• The amount of current flowing through a circuit

• The speed of electrons in a wire

• The difference in electric potential between two points in an electric field.

What is a circuit?

• A type of dessert

• A closed loop through which an electric current can flow.

• A type of flower

• A type of bird

What is the S.I unit of current?

• B

• D

• A

• C

What is an electric field?

• A force field that surrounds electrically charged particles and exerts force on other charged particles within the field.

• A type of energy generated by lightning

• The area around an electrical outlet

• A type of magnetic field

What is a magnetic field?

• A region around a magnetic material where gravity is stronger

• A force that only acts on non-metallic objects

• A region around a magnetic material or a moving electric charge within which the force of magnetism acts.

• A type of energy field that repels all metal objects

What is the flow of electric charge called?

• electricity stop

• electric current

• charge flow

• electricity movement

What is the path that an electric current follows called?

• road

• circuit

• route

• trail

What is the force that causes a compass needle to point north?

• Earth's magnetic field

• Wind

• Electricity

• Gravity

What is the measure of the amount of opposition to the flow of electric current in a material?

• Voltage

• Conductance

• Amperage

• Resistance

What is the region around a magnet where the magnetic force is exerted?

• gravitational field

• solar field

• magnetic field

• electric field