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Additional Physics - Topic 1: Static and Current Electricity

Question 1 of 14

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What is the definition of an atom?

Select one of the following:

  • A basic partical from which all matter is made up

  • Fast moving particles which emit radioactive substances

  • A substance from which chromosomes are made

  • A positively or negatively charged particle formed when an atom or group of atoms lose or gain electrons

Explanation

Question 2 of 14

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Which two particles are found in the nucleus of any atom?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Proton

  • Neutron

  • Electron

Explanation

Question 3 of 14

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The mass of an electron is about one two-thousandth of the mass of a proton or a neutron

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 4 of 14

1

What are electrical conductors?

Select one of the following:

  • Materials that allow electricity to flow through them easily

  • Materials that do not allow electricity to flow through them

  • Materials that do not make a difference to a circuit

Explanation

Question 5 of 14

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What is an example of a good electrical conductor?

Select one of the following:

  • Metal

  • Plastic

  • Wood

  • Cotton

Explanation

Question 6 of 14

1

A good example of an insulator is plastic

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 7 of 14

1

An insulator cannot become electrically charged

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 14

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What has to happen for static electricity to be produced?

Select one of the following:

  • Electrons transfer from one non-electrically charged material to another non-electrically charged material

  • Protons are removed from the nucleus of a material

  • Neutrons are added to the outer electron ring of a material

Explanation

Question 9 of 14

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When static electricity is being made, what kind of charge does the material receiving electrons now have?

Select one of the following:

  • Positive charge

  • Negative charge

  • No charge

Explanation

Question 10 of 14

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If you rubbed a Perspex rod with a cloth, it loses electrons. What charge does it become?

Select one of the following:

  • Positively charged

  • Negatively charged

  • No charge

Explanation

Question 11 of 14

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What kind of materials repel each other?

Select one of the following:

  • Two uncharged materials

  • Two materials with the same type of charge

  • Two materials with a different type of charge

Explanation

Question 12 of 14

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What kind of materials repel each other?

Select one of the following:

  • Two uncharged materials

  • Two materials with the same type of charge

  • Two materials with a different type of charge

Explanation

Question 13 of 14

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What would be the difference in attraction with these two examples? If a charged ebonite rod was placed next to a charged Perspex rod and if a charged Perspex rod was placed next to another charged Perspex rod

Select one of the following:

  • The charged ebonite rod and the charged Perspex rod would attract and the two charged Perspex rods would repel

  • The charged ebonite rod and the charged Perspex rod would repel and the two charged Perspex rods would attract

  • Both of the examples would repel each other

  • Both examples would attract each other

Explanation

Question 14 of 14

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Which of the following all involve the movement of electrons?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Lightning

  • Charges on synthetic fabrics

  • Shocks from a car door

  • A charged balloon brought near to a wall

  • Fuelling an aircraft

  • A laser printer

Explanation

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