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WorksheetsCosmos: Electric Boy
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the army of invisible servants that is waiting to help us?
a)
Electrons
b)
Protons
c)
Neutrons
d)
The sun
2.
Who was the child of poverty who helped us gain our understanding of electricity?
a)
Isaac Newton
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Michael Farraday
d)
Gallileo
3.
Michael Farraday dropped out of school when he was just a child.
a)
True.
b)
False.
4.
Where did Michael Faraday first learn about electricity?
a)
His job in the coal mines.
b)
Science for the public.
c)
His book-binding job.
5.
London's Royal Institution still puts on Christmas shows to this day to show children about Science.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
They did until 2014
6.
Michael Faraday got his job working for Humphrey Davies by doing what:
a)
Applying for it and getting recommended.
b)
Transcribing his lectures and binding them.
c)
Working at the hospital that treated Davies.
d)
Working as a janitor in the Royal Institute.
7.
Michael Farraday discovered that electricity could be used to make
a)
A motor
b)
A car
c)
A lightbulb
d)
A compass
8.
Faraday's original motor used what two things:
a)
Mercury and Cork.
b)
A wheel and a pulley.
c)
A gear and a magnet.
d)
He didn't invent a motor.
9.
What did Davies make Faraday do out of his jealousy?
a)
Study glassmaking
b)
Study dynamite
c)
Go back to binding books
d)
Calculus
10.
Which founder of the show Cosmos gave Christmas Lectures for the young at the Royal Institute
a)
Sir Isaac Newton
b)
Neil deGrasse Tyson
c)
Michael Faraday
d)
Carl Sagan
11.
What did Faraday have to stand on to be safe from the electricity?
a)
Rubber boots.
b)
A stool with glass legs.
c)
A layer of ceramic bricks.
d)
A wooden floor.
12.
What did Faraday chose NOT to do with his discoveries?
a)
Send them to America.
b)
Publish them.
c)
Patent them.
d)
Share them with children.
13.
What did Faraday discover was related in order to create the first generator?
a)
Electricity and Electrostatics
b)
Electricity and Magnetism
c)
Electricity and Metal Conductors
d)
Electricity and Memory loss
14.
What led to Faraday discovering that light and magnetism and electricity were related?
a)
His failed experiments with glass
b)
His wife's suggestions
c)
His motor from earlier in life
d)
Polarization of energy
15.
What did Faraday's discovery of electricity's effect on light prove?
a)
That time isn't linear
b)
That everything is related
c)
That magnets aren't real
d)
That telescopes have to use electricity
16.
What did Faraday discover about electricity and magnets with iron filings?
a)
That they showed the pattern of force fields
b)
They were pretty to look at
c)
They always make circles
d)
The north pole is really under our feet
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