Electricity Basic

Invented the first electric motor (1821)

• Alessandro Volta

• Michael Faraday

• Nikola Tesla

• Andre-Marie Ampere

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

• Alessandro Volta

• Georg Ohm

• Nikola Tesla

• Andre-Marie Ampere

Electricity flows in a...

• circuit

• pattern

• fountain

• circle

The electrons flow from....

• negative to positive

• positive to negative

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What type of current flows in one direction?

• Direct current

• Alternating current

What type of current flows in more than one direction?

• Direct current

• Alternating current

What type of current do batteries use?

• Direct current

• Alternating current

What type of current do outlets use?

• Direct current

• Alternating current

To complete a circuit the switch must be

• unattached

• open

• closed

When the switch is closed, the light

• comes on

• stays off

• burns out