Quiz  /  Electricity: Short Circuits & Direct Currents Quiz

  • 1. 
    Electricity that reaches our homes through cables is called:

  • insulation
  • current electricity
  • static electricity
  • lightning

  • 2. 
    Which of the following is not an electrical conductor?

  • aluminum
  • copper
  • glass
  • steel

  • 3. 
    Which of the following materials is an insulator?

  • rubber sole
  • copper coin
  • aluminum wire
  • steel paper clip

  • 4. 
    Who invented the battery?

  • Albert Einstein
  • Thomas Edison
  • Pierre Curie
  • Alessandro Volta

  • 5. 
    Where would you not find a cell phone tower?

  • atop a building
  • underground
  • in a tree
  • on a signpost

  • 6. 
    A lead acid battery stores what kind of electricity?

  • direct current (DC)
  • virtual
  • static
  • alternating current (AC)

  • 7. 
    What do we call a material that heat or electricity can move through?

  • conductor
  • component
  • conjunction
  • confusion

  • 8. 
    Who discovered the law of electrolysis?

  • Samuel Morse
  • Alessandro Volta
  • Michael Faraday
  • James Watt
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