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Assessment

Section Quiz
Section: Electric Current and Electrical Energy
Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.
______ 1. What does the size of a current depend upon?
a. protons c. voltage
b. electrons d. charge
______ 2. What do you call materials with a resistance of 0 Ω?
a. conductors c. resistors
b. superconductors d. photocells
______ 3. What is the part of the cell where charges enter or exit?
a. nucleus c. electron
b. electrolyte d. electrode

Match the correct definition with the correct term. Write the letter in the space
provided.
______ 4. when charges shift from flowing from one a. cell
direction to another
b. electric current
______ 5. the potential difference between two points
in a circuit c. photocell
______ 6. the rate at which charges pass through a d. voltage
given point
e. alternating current
______ 7. converts light energy into electrical energy
______ 8. converts thermal energy into electrical f. thermocouple
energy g. resistance
______ 9. the opposition to the flow of electric
charge
______10. changes chemical or radiant energy into
electrical energy

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Holt Science and Technology 52 Introduction to Electricity