Transcript Dry cell batteries are the main source of electrical power for .

Electrical Energy
Trivial Pursuit
Featuring the SOL’s 4.2a, 4.3 a-e
Created by Miss Whiteoak
Clover Hill Elementary
2002
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Question 1
Dry cell batteries are the main source of electrical
power for ______________.
flashlights
fluorescent lamps
computers
toasters
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Question 2
Which of the following supplies energy to a car?
Dry cell
Circuit breaker
Fuse
Wet cell
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Question 3
Which of the following produces electricity by
changing chemical energy into electrical energy, so it
can be used to do work?
Solar panel
Generator
Electromagnet
Dry cell battery
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Question 4
Magnets are attracted to objects made of _________.
copper
brass
aluminum
iron
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Question 5
Which measure the strength of an electric current?
Ohms
Volts
Amps
Watts
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Question 6
If an object has a negative electrical charge, it has _____.
The same number of neutrons as protons
The same number of protons and electrons
More electrons than protons
More protons than electrons
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Question 7
Which of the following could be done to make an
electromagnet stronger?
Use fewer loops of wire in the coil.
Use more loops of wire in the coil.
Decrease the current.
Overlap the loops of wire.
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Question 8
The amount of electric current flowing in a wire depends
on the number of _______.
Free protons passing though it
Free neutrons passing though it
Free electrons passing though it
Free atoms passing through it
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Question 9
Who was the British doctor who discovered he could
make amber beads repel each other and called what he
saw electricity?
William Gilbert
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Edison
Lewis Latimer
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Question 10
In Benjamin Franklin’s famous kite experiment, he
proved that lightning is ______.
alternating current
direct current
static electricity
short circuit
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Question 11
In a parallel circuit___________________________.
electrons move along a single pathway
electrons have two or more pathways on which to travel
all lights go out when one light is removed
short circuits do not occur
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Question 12
What is a switch-like device that protects electrical
circuits from excess current?
Fuse
Generator
Battery
Circuit breaker
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Question 13
The filament in a light bulb causes traveling electrons
to slow down because it is _________.
Long, thin and coiled
A wide piece of tungsten
Protected by glass
An insulator
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Question 14
What happens to the three light bulbs in a series circuit if
the switch is opened?
All bulbs light up.
The center bulb lights up.
The first bulb goes out.
All bulbs go out.
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Question 15
Which item is a good conductor of electricity?
Rubber
Glass
Copper
Pencil lead
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Question 16
A resistor in an electrical circuit changes
electrical energy to _______.
Heat energy
Mechanical energy
Chemical energy
Solar energy
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