The Story of Electricity

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What was the method used to create the battery?

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Through the use of a pile of metals and acids.

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What surrounds the nucleus of atoms in metals?

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Electrons.

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Who developed a messaging system for the telegraph in the 1840s?

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Samuel Morse.

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Which great chemist did Michael Faraday attend a lecture of?

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Sir Humphry Davy.

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What did electricity signal the change from, in terms of societal beliefs?

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From romance to industry.

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What is electricity?

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A form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles.

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What are the two types of electric charge?

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Positive and negative.

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What is a circuit?

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A closed path through which electric current flows.

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What is the role of a battery in a circuit?

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To provide the electrical energy needed to power devices.

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What is an atom?

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The basic unit of a chemical element, consisting of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.