Honors Electricity & Magnetism

The force or push that causes electric charges to move is called ____

• resistance

• current

• voltage difference

• static electricity

Electric charges always flow from _____ areas to _____ areas.

• positive, negative

• negative, positive

• positive, neutral

• neutral, negative

A material through which electrons do NOT flow easily is called a(n) ______

• insulator

• fuse

• conductor

• circuit breaker

Which of the following statements about electric charge is TRUE?

• Objects must be touching one another to exert electrical force.

• Electrical forces act at a distance.

• Air cannot conduct electricity; it is conducted only by solid materials.

• Opposite electrical charges always repel one another.

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Mr. Robinson and his class are conducting an experiment. The class needs to choose a good insulator. Which of the following could be used as an insulator?

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Which of the following will INCREASE the resistance of a wire?

• using a thicker/wider wire

• using a shorter wire

• increasing the temperature of the wire

• using silver instead of copper

What is the CURRENT produced by a 9-volt battery flowing through a resistance of 0.2 ohms?

• 1.8 amps

• 0.022 amps

• 45 amps

• 8.8 amps

Which two areas of physical science are close related to the development of electric motors and generators?

• sound and light

• electricity and sound

• light and magnetism

• electricity and magnetism

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Which of the following will DECREASE the strength of the magnetic field around a wire?

• increasing the current flowing through the wire

• using less loops around the iron core

• flipping the direction of the current flowing through the wire

• using a larger iron core

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Silver has a resistance of 0.0198 ohms. What VOLTAGE would produce a current of 100 amps?

• 1.98 V

• 0.000198 V

• 5, 050 V

• 100.0198 V