Georgia Science Grade 8

Chapter 20: Electricity

CRCT Practice

1
What happens when two materials are charged by rubbing against each other?
A)Both lose electrons.
B)Both gain electrons.
C)One gains electrons and one loses electrons.
D)There is no transfer of electrons.
2
Which appliance will use the most energy in 5 minutes?

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A)microwave
B)computer
C)stereo
D)color TV
3
Which materials are good insulators?
A)copper and gold
B)wood and glass
C)silver and aluminum
D)plastic and copper
4
What is the lightning rod on the chimney designed to do when it is struck by lightning?

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A)act as a fuse
B)act as a circuit breaker
C)make the chimney an insulator
D)transfer current from the lightning strike to the ground
5
What property of a wire increases when the wire is made longer?
A)charge
B)resistance
C)voltage
D)current
6
Which statement does NOT describe how electric charges exert forces on each other?
A)A positive charge and a negative charge attract each other.
B)A positive charge and a negative charge repel each other.
C)Two negative charges repel each other.
D)Two positive charges repel each other.
7
How does the current in a circuit change if the voltage is doubled and the resistance doesn’t change?
A)no change
B)becomes zero
C)doubles
D)reduced by half
8
In a series circuit, what is the same for every device in the circuit?
A)the current in each device
B)the resistance of each device
C)the electrical energy used by each device
D)the electric power used by each device
9
What happens in this circuit if one of the lightbulbs is unscrewed?

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A)The other lightbulb goes out.
B)The other lightbulb remains lit.
C)Current stops flowing in the circuit.
D)The current path in the circuit is broken.
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