Physics Vocabulary Test 1

TEST 1

1. Electrical current is very similar to a water current, only instead of water

molecules moving down a river, charged particles move down a ……………….
A. bridge B. conductor C. isolator D. road

2. In the circuit including some bulbs connected in parallel, the ……..flowing through
each
bulb will depend on that bulb's resistance.
A. voltage B. current C. atoms D. nuclear

3. Adding a resistance to a ………circuit will always cause its total resistance to

increase.
A. parallel B. series C. open D. close

4. if the two particles have ………charges, such as a proton and an electron, then the
force will be attractive and try to pull the particles together.
A. the same type of B. opposite C. negative D. positive

5. When the atoms in a material are………., their individual magnetic fields unify to
create a larger magnetic field, resulting in a permanent magnet.
A. disordered B. bound C. crystalline D. aligned

6. Gravity is the attraction between two objects that have……...

A. mass B. charge C. magnetic D. energy

7. All electrically charged particles exert a …….on other charged particles.

A. collision B. interaction C. force D. potential

8. A …………..wave is a moving wave that consists of oscillations occurring

perpendicular to
the direction of energy transfer.
A. stand B. transverse C. longitudinal D. sound

9. If you apply the brakes, the car will slow down because that is experience negative
…………...
A. speed B. velocity C. acceleration D. force

10. White light is a ……………..of all the frequencies of visible light.

A. separation B. electromagnetic C. combination D.
behavior