BA 4th Unit 10 Week 3

Front

Who invented the light bulb?

Back

Thomas Edison

Front

What type of current is Tesla researching?

Back

Alternating Current (AC)

Front

Who won the Niagara Falls contract?

Back

Tesla

Front

How does Tesla save Westinghouse from going bankrupt and ensures that A.C. wins the “current wars?”

Back

He gives up his licensing fees. Gives up millions of dollars

Front

What is Niagara Falls?

Back

A huge system of waterfalls

Front

Whose current do we use today (mostly)?

Back

Nikola Tesla's Alternating Current (AC)

Front

Nikola talked of a wireless device that a person could carry with them wherever they went. What was he thinking of years before it was ever invented?

Back

The Cell Phone

Front

Invented the incandescent electric light bulb (glows from a heated filament wire), phonograph, and motion pictures.

Back

Thomas Edison

Front

Many household appliances, such as washing machines, refrigerators, and dishwashers, need _____ ______ in order to work.

Back

Electrical energy

Front

Where was Nikola Tesla born?

Back

Croatia