Magnetism and Electricity Unit Test

Part 1: Multiple Choice- Circle the best answer.

1) What will happen when the magnets in the diagram below are brought
close together?

(a) They will push each other away.

(b) They will come together.

(c) They will repel.

(d) Nothing will happen.

2) What do the lines around this magnet show?

(a) The magnetic lines of force.

(b) The lines of the south pole.

(c) Like poles repel.

(d) An electric current.

3) A charge, which builds up on the outside of an object, like a balloon, is

called

(a) current electricity.

(b) static electricity.

(c) a magnetic field.

(d) an electromagnet.
 4) Which one of these items is a good insulator?

(a) copper wire

(b) paper clip

(c) chalk

(d) nail

5) How could you change this electromagnet so that it would pick up more
paperclips?

(a) Put more coils of wire on the nail.

(b) Put fewer coils of wire on the nail.

(c) Use a longer nail.

(d) Use a shorter nail.

6) Which of these people did experiments with static electricity?

(a) Thomas Edison

(b) Benjamin Franklin

(c) Michael Faraday

(d) Hans Christian Oersted

7) Which of these items would make a good conductor?

(a) wooden golf tee

(b) needle

(c) string

(d) chalk
 Matching

Draw a line to the correct picture.

Parallel Circuit

Open Circuit

Series Circuit

Closed Circuit