Animal Electricity: Galvani vs Volta

The person responsible for the concept of "Animal Electricity" was....

• Galvani

• Aldini

• Volta

• Galileo

True or False: Animal Electricity was proposed to be the same as any other electricity, like static electricity or lightning.

• True

• False

Which of the following statements is correct?

• Volta agreed that Animal Electricity was a special electricity that is naturally in animal bodies.

• Volta thought that Animal Electricity was silly and the electricity must be coming from outside the animal's body.

• Animal Electricity was Volta's idea.

Why was Galvani stoked that the frog legs moved even without the use of Hauksbee's Electrical Machine?

• He thought it proved that the electricity must be inside the frog and the wires are making it move.

• He thought it proved the idea that electricity comes from outside the frog's body.

• He wanted Volta to be right.

• He thought it proved that frogs are magical.

What did Volta propose as an explanation for the moving frog legs?

• Volta suspected that the electricity making the frog move was coming from the metals Galvani used in his experiments, not the frog's body.

• Volta thought that the frog's body had "Animal Electricity" inside it.

• Volta agreed with Galvani.

• Volta had no explanation for the moving frog legs.

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