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1. The document is an answer key for an electricity practice test containing multiple choice and true/false questions about concepts like circuits, current, resistance, and static electricity. 2. It also includes diagrams of circuit examples and practice problems calculating values like current, resistance, and voltage given different components in circuits. 3. The key provides fully worked out explanations and drawings for all questions, acting as a reference for students to check their understanding of core electricity concepts.

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SNC1D Electricity Test 4 PDF

1. The document is an answer key for an electricity practice test containing multiple choice and true/false questions about concepts like circuits, current, resistance, and static electricity. 2. It also includes diagrams of circuit examples and practice problems calculating values like current, resistance, and voltage given different components in circuits. 3. The key provides fully worked out explanations and drawings for all questions, acting as a reference for students to check their understanding of core electricity concepts.

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Mr.

Storie 10F Science Electricty Unit Practice Test KEY

Electricity Practice Test KEY


1. Word Matching

C insulator a) it can open or close a circuit


J induced b) the unit of resistance
D conductor c) plastic wrapping on the outside of a power cord is an example
B ohm d) metal is an example of this
G current e) the unit of current
H ammeter f) a circuit where each thing is one after another
E ampere g) the flow of electrons through a conductor
F series h) a meter used to measure current
A switch i) device used to detect static electricity
I electroscope j) charge produced when a charged object is close but not touching

2. True and False

F Static electricity occurs because charges build-up in one place on a conductor


T A neutral object will always attract to a charged object.
F Alexander Graham Bell investigated the properties of static electricity
T An ampere is a coulomb of electrons move past a point per second.
T An excess of electrons results in a negative charge
F A series circuit has more than one conducting pathway for the current.
T A parallel circuit had more than one pathway for the current.
F In a battery of identical cells connected in parallel, the voltage of the battery is equal to the total voltage
of all of the cells added up.
F In a series circuit of Christmas tree lights, if one lamp burns out, only that lamp goes out.
F Electrons move from the positive electrode to the negative electrode.
Mr. Storie 10F Science Electricty Unit Practice Test KEY

3. The following true and false questions are about the circuit to the left:
T There are no switches in this circuit
BELL
F The three lightbulbs are in parallel
F The voltmeter is in series with the three lightbulbs
T The light bulbs would be lit and the buzzer would be ringing
T A meter for measuring the potential difference is attached

T If you removed the bell, the lights would go out.

F There are two cells in this schematic diagram.


V

4. Draw a piece of Kleenex (tissue) attached to a balloon. Add charges to show why the Kleenex is stuck to
the balloon. (2 points)

5. A portable CD player needs only 0.25 A of current. If the CD player is powered by a 9 V battery what is
the resistance in the current?

V=IR R = V/I = 9/.25 = 36 Ω

6. A clothes dryer in your home is attached to a 220 V source. The heating elements have a 12 Ω. What is
the current in the heating coils of the dryer?

I = V/R = 220/12 = 18.3 A


Mr. Storie 10F Science Electricty Unit Practice Test KEY
7. What is the resistance (in Ω) of a 1500 W dryer plugged into a 110 V outlet, if the dryer has a 10 A
current flowing through it.

R = V/I = 110/10 = 11 Ω

8. What is the difference between an insulator and a conductor? Give two examples of each.

Insulator holds charge in place – plastic, rubber


Conductor allows charge to move – metal, salt water

9. Explain clearly why a balloon rubbed with fabric will produce static electricity but a metal bar rubbed
with fabric will not. Include the words charges moving freely, charges building up in one place,
insulator, conductor in your explanation.

Balloon is insulator so the electrons transferred by rubbing with fabric build up in one place and
do not move freely.

Metal bars are conductors and allow charges to move freely, so any electrons gained by rubbing
with fabric will not build up in one place.

10. Draw the diagram that was used to explain induction. Add descriptions in your own words to make it
clearer.

See notes.

11. If there is a current of 15 amperes in a circuit and 3-(1.5v) cells connected in series. What will the
resistance be in this circuit?

R = V/I = (3 x 1.5 V)/15 = 0.3 Ω

12. A buzzer plugged into a 110V wall socket has a resistance of 1.25 x 102 Ω. What is the resistance in the
buzzer?

1.25 x 102 Ω (just making sure your still reading)

13. Draw a circuit that has a bulb attached in series to a 1.5 V cell, an ammeter and a switch. Find the
resistance of the bulb if the switch is closed and the ammeter reads 0.0012 A.

R = V/I = (1.5 V)/0.0012 = 1250 Ω


Mr. Storie 10F Science Electricty Unit Practice Test KEY
14. Three resistors, with a total resistance of 20 ohms, are attached in parallel. There is a cell and an
ammeter.
(a) Draw the circuit.

(b) If the cell offers 6 V of potential difference what is the current on the ammeter?

I = V/R = 6/20 = 0.3 A

15. Draw a circuit showing two cells in (parallel) connected to three light bulbs, a switch and an ammeter in
series. Indicate the direction of electron flow in the circuit.

16. You have set up 1000 christmas lights. They are plugged in and you discover that 5 of the lights are not
working.
(a) Are the lights connected in series or parallel?

(b) Explain how you know the answer to 15a?


Series means only one conducting pathway. If there is a break in the pathway (one bad light)
all lights would be off as the pathway is broken. Since only some lights are off, it must not be in
series.

17. If a battery consists of four 1.5 V cells connected in series, what is its total voltage?
A. 1.5 V B. 3.0 V C. 6.0 V D. 9 V

18. When you measure electric current, you measure


A. how fast the electrons move in a wire
B. how much energy the electrons have as they move through a wire
C. how many electrons there are in a wire
D. how many electrons pass a point in a wire in one second

19. When three cells are connected in parallel, the voltage of the combination is
A. twice the voltage of a single cell
B. three times the voltage of a single cell
C. third the voltage of a single cell
D. the same as a single cell

20. Which of the following obeys “Ohm’s Law”?


A. V  P  R B. R  V  I
C. I  R  V D. P  V  R

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