Electricity 2004/05

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  1. What holds atoms together to form molecules?
  2. Your answer:
    oxygen
    electricity
    circuits
    superglue


  3. What do the terms positive and negative refer to in science?
  4. Your answer:
    voltage
    electric current
    electric charge
    direct current


  5. What kind of electric charges repel?
  6. Your answer:
    gravitational
    like
    unlike
    static


  7. What kind of electric charges attract?
  8. Your answer:
    static
    like
    unlike
    gravitational


  9. What kind of electric charge does an atom have when it loses one or more electrons?
  10. Your answer:
    static
    positive
    negative
    neutral


  11. What kind of electric charge does an atom have when it gains one or more electrons?
  12. Your answer:
    static
    gravitational
    negative
    positive


  13. Whose law of gravitation for masses is similar to Coulomb's Law for electrically charged bodies?
  14. Your answer:
    Ohm's
    Newton's
    Ampere's
    Aristotle's


  15. What kind of force holds a satellite in orbit around a planet?
  16. Your answer:
    gravitational
    electric
    positive
    negative


  17. What kind of force holds the electron in orbit around the proton?
  18. Your answer:
    negative
    positive
    electric
    gravitational


  19. What is the unit of measurement for electrical potential?
  20. Your answer:
    the battery
    the charge
    the amp
    the volt


  21. What is electrical potential often called?
  22. Your answer:
    ohm's
    voltage
    ampere
    possibility


  23. What is the flow of charged particles called?
  24. Your answer:
    electric current
    electric flow
    electric charge
    electric circuit


  25. What are the flowing charged particles in the circuits of metal wires?
  26. Your answer:
    protons
    electrons
    neutrons
    quarks


  27. What is the rate of electrical flow measured in?
  28. Your answer:
    volts
    coulombs
    ohms
    amperes


  29. What is the standard unit of charge?
  30. Your answer:
    1 ohm
    1 coulomb
    1 volt
    1 amp


  31. What has the electric charge of 6.25 billion billion electrons?
  32. Your answer:
    1 coulomb
    1 volt
    1 amp
    1 ohm


  33. What is the rate of flow of 1 coloumb of charge per second called?
  34. Your answer:
    an ampere
    a coulomb
    a volt
    an ohm


  35. What does voltage produce if there is a complete circuit?
  36. Your answer:
    current
    sparks
    a fire
    resistor


  37. What is the flowing of charge in one direction?
  38. Your answer:
    solid current
    static current
    direct current
    alternating current


  39. What produces direct current in a circuit because its terminals always have the opposite signs?
  40. Your answer:
    a battery
    an insulator
    wood
    a wire


  41. What kind of current can be stepped up to high voltage to be transmitted great distances with small heat losses?
  42. Your answer:
    static current
    alternating current
    direct current
    solid current


  43. What is electrical resistance measured in?
  44. Your answer:
    ohms
    coulombs
    volts
    amps


  45. What are materials called, that have zero resistance to the flow of charge?
  46. Your answer:
    insulators
    resistors
    alternators
    superconductors


  47. How long will charges flow once electric current is established in a superconductor?
  48. Your answer:
    2 months
    2 years
    indefinitely
    2 hours


  49. Who discovered that the amount of current in a circuit is directly proportional to the voltage established across the circuit and inversely proportional to the resistance of the circuit?
  50. Your answer:
    Ampere
    Coulomb
    Newton
    Ohm


  51. What is the formula for figuring current?
  52. Your answer:
    voltage over resistance
    voltage times resistance
    volts over ohms
    volts times ohms


  53. What is the formula for figuring amperes?
  54. Your answer:
    volts over ohms
    volts times ohms
    voltage over resistance
    voltage times resistance


  55. What happens with the current as the voltage increases?
  56. Your answer:
    it is broken
    it stays the same
    it increases
    it decreases


  57. What happens to the current if the resistance is doubled for the circuit?
  58. Your answer:
    it triples
    the current stops
    it shorts out
    it is cut in half


  59. What are the circuit elements called that regulate the currents inside of all electrical devises?
  60. Your answer:
    insulators
    resistors
    superconductors
    conductors


  61. What does the difference in potential of 1 volt established across a circuit that has a resistance of 1 ohm produce a current of?
  62. Your answer:
    2 volts
    1 coulomb
    2 ohms
    1 ampere


  63. How much current flows through a lamp that has a resistance of 60 ohms when 12 V is impressed across it?
  64. Your answer:
    20 A
    2 A
    200 A
    .2 A


  65. What is the resistance of an electrical frying pan that draws a current of 12A when connected to a 120 V circuit?
  66. Your answer:
    15 ohms
    20 ohms
    10 ohms
    5ohms


  67. How much current flows through your body if your resistance is 100,000 Ohms and you touch the terminals of a 12 V battery?
  68. Your answer:
    .012 A
    1.2 A
    .12 A
    .00012 A


  69. How much current will you receive if your skin is very moist, giving you a resistance of only 1000 ohms and you touch a 12V battery?
  70. Your answer:
    .012 A
    .12 A
    1.2 A
    .00012 A


  71. How many connections are most electric plugs and sockets wired with today?
  72. Your answer:
    4
    1
    2
    3


  73. What does the round prong of a plug connect the body of an appliance directly to, that prevents accidental shock?
  74. Your answer:
    the ground
    a house
    a tree
    a flag pole


  75. What occurs when a current, caused by an impressed voltage is produced in the body?
  76. Your answer:
    seizures
    headaches
    electric shock
    death


  77. What is any path which electrons can flow called?
  78. Your answer:
    a current
    a line
    a circuit
    a flood


  79. How many pathways does an electric current have in a series circuit?
  80. Your answer:
    3
    1
    2
    4


  81. What happens to current in other lamps if one lamp in a series circuit burns out?
  82. Your answer:
    they grow dimmer
    they shine brighter
    nothing
    all lamps go out


  83. Which type of circuit allows devices to operate independently of the othr devises?
  84. Your answer:
    horizontal
    parallel
    direct
    alternating


  85. What happens to current in other lamps if one lamp in a parallel circuit burns out?
  86. Your answer:
    nothing
    they grow dimmer
    they grow brighter
    all lamps go out


  87. What are the two wires called that usually feed electricity into a home?
  88. Your answer:
    lines
    fuses
    cords
    channels


  89. What happens to circuits that carry more than a safe amount of current?
  90. Your answer:
    they explode
    they become overloaded
    they lose their charge
    they die


  91. What are connected in series along a supply line to prevent overloading of circuits?
  92. Your answer:
    cords
    lines
    channels
    fuses


  93. What is the formula for power?
  94. Your answer:
    current / voltage
    amperes X volts
    current X voltage
    amperes / volts


  95. What is the formula to calculate watts?
  96. Your answer:
    amperes / volts
    current X voltage
    current / voltage
    amperes X volts


  97. How many amperes would be required t operate a 1200W hair dryer on a 120V line?
  98. Your answer:
    5 A
    10 A
    15 A
    20A


  99. What does it cost to operate a 900W hair dryer for 1 hour, at 30 cents per kilowatt hour?
  100. Your answer:
    36 cents
    10 cents
    16 cents
    27 cents



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