Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
Suggestions for you
Physics, Science
5th -
6thgrade
Unit 5: Electrical conductors and insulators
25 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple Choice
What is a conductor?
Material that does NOT transfer electricity.
Materials that are connected to circuits.
Materials that transfer electricity.
- 2. Multiple Choice
A great conductor of electricity is:
wood
plastic
metal
cloth
- 3. Multiple Choice
An insulator is a material that:
Transfers thermal and electrical energy
Transfers electrical energy and slows thermal energy
Slows electrical energy and allows thermal energy to pass
Does not allow electrical energy to transfer
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe plastic covering is there to:Provide a conductor for electrical energy to flow.Provide an insulator so that electrical energy will not pass outside of the wires.Provide a conductor so that electrical energy can NOT flow.Provide an insulator so that electrical energy can flow.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceTatrys knows that the light bulb will turn on because the circuit:includes an insulator.is an open circuit.makes a complete path.includes a battery.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich is NOT an insulator.WoolPlasticCopperGlass
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWater is a insulator.TrueFalse
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the difference between a conductor and an insulator?An insulator allows electricity to flow through it easily and a conductor does notA conductor allows electricity to flow through it easily and an insulator does not.An insulator is magnetic and a conductor is notA conductor is magnetic and an insulator is not
- 9. Multiple Choice
A great conductor of electricity is:
wood
plastic
metal
cloth
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is pure water?
Is distilled water.
Is water that only have hydrogen and oxygen as its components.
Is water that we drink.
Is water with salts and other substances.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best explains an electric current?
An electric current is the flow of positive charges in a circuit.
An electric current is the flow of atoms in a circuit.
An electric current is the flow of electrons in a circuit.
An electric current is the flow of neutrons in a circuit.
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is tap water?
Water that comes from the tap.
Water with salts.
Water that we drink.
Mineral water.
Water made only of hydrogen and oxygen.
- 13. Multiple Choice
All water can conduct electricity?
No, only pure water.
No, only water with salts, like mineral water.
Yes.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThis circuit is _________.openparallelclosedThe cutest little circuit evah!
- 15. Multiple Choicewhat is this symbol for?light bulbswitchbatteryresistor
- 16. Multiple Choicethis is the symbol for a _____?switchlightbatterywires
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThis is the symbol for a ...WireBatteryBuzzerFuse
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThis is the symbol for a _____?LampWater wheelLoudspeakerMotor
- 19. Multiple ChoiceIf the lights are on, the circuit isclosedopen
- 20. Multiple Choice
The MAIN purpose of a battery is to
Make things hot
Store energy
Move energy from one place to another
Provide motion
- 21. Multiple Choice
The purpose of wires are to?
Turn a switch on
Turn off a light
Carry electric current to different parts of the circuit
Make a motor move
- 22. Multiple Choice
Changing what factor of a wire could affect its strength of current?
changing the length of wire
changing the thickness of wire
changing the colour of wire
changing the position of wire
- 23. Multiple Choice
What does the symbol above represent?
Bell
Wire
Cell
- 24. Multiple Choice
What would best complete this circuit?
A wire
A switch
A battery
A light bulb
- 25. Multiple Choice
This is a
broken circuit
closed circuit
complete circuit or closed circuit
open or incomplete circuit
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags