Einstein's Big Idea

One of Faraday's great contributions to physics was

• his disagreement with the work of Humphry Davy

• the mathematical expertise he brought to Davy's laboratory

• his description of the connection between electricity and magnetism

• the invention of the electric magneto

A current pushed through a wire produces a magnetic field that can be used to produce motion. This principle is applied to the modern

• solar cell

• heat engine

• electric generator

• electric motor

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A wire forced to move in an electric field will cause electric charge to flow. This principle is applied in the modern

• electric generator

• solor cell

• heat engine

• electric motor

Using mathematical tools that Faraday couldn't, light was proved to be an electromagnetic wave by

• Davy

• Maxwell

• Einstein

• Lavoisier

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The speed of light in a vacuum is

• 300,000 km per second

• 300,000 miles per hour

• 600,000,000 miles per second

________ found out that mass is conserved during a chemical reaction and formed the Law of Conservation of Matter. 

• Bohr
• Lavoisier
• Chadwick
• Churchhill

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Lavoisier was suspected of treason during the French Revolution.

• True
• False

What is the other postulate of Special Relativity that Einstein determined?

• The speed of light is always a constant regardless of the frame of reference.
• Gravitational Wells are deformations in space-time.
• Light will produce electrical currents through the photo-electric effect.
• The speed of light in a vacuum is the same in all inertial frames of reference.

Who was the creator of a special theory of relativity? It showed calculations of time and motion.

• Albert Einstein
• Hitler
• Nazis

Who invented the first electric motor?

•  Michael Faraday
• Ethan McCowan
• Tesla
• Einstein

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