Electricity Basics

Proved static electricity and lightning were the same by tying a key onto a kite string during a storm. (1752)

• Ben Franklin

• Michael Faraday

• Nikola Tesla

• Georg Ohm

Invented the first battery (1800)

• Alessandro Volta

• Michael Faraday

• Nikola Tesla

• Georg Ohm

Helped discover electromagnetism (1820)

• Alessandro Volta

• Michael Faraday

• Nikola Tesla

• Andre-Marie Ampere

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Invented the first electric motor (1821)

• Alessandro Volta

• Michael Faraday

• Nikola Tesla

• Andre-Marie Ampere

Researched relationship between voltage, current, and resistance (1827)

• Alessandro Volta

• Georg Ohm

• Nikola Tesla

• Andre-Marie Ampere

Credited for inventing the first light bulb (1879)

• Thomas Edison

• Georg Ohm

• Nikola Tesla

• Andre-Marie Ampere

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Invented the first AC motor (1887)

• Thomas Edison

• Georg Ohm

• Nikola Tesla

• Andre-Marie Ampere

All matter is made up of particles called _____________.

• Atoms

• electrons

• protons

• cells

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Atoms have negative subatomic particles spinning around the nucleus called _____________.

• electrons

• protons

• neutrons

• nucleus

Electricity is....

• the flow of electrons

• when electrons line up

• the flow of atoms

• when domains line up