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WorksheetsStory of Electricity Part 1
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is the most powerful manifestation of electricity we ever see?
solar flares
lightning
supernovas
fireflies
What material did the ancient Greeks rub to get small shocks?
glass
amber
wood
copper
Those with an interest in electricity first called themselves?
alchemists
magicians
electricians
plumbers
Steven Grey made a significant discovery that led him to divide materials in the world into what two categories?
energy and matter
fluids and solids
insulators and conductors
metals and non-metals
What was the most significant electrical invention of the 18th century?
The Leyden Jar
The Electric Motor
The Transformer
The Electric Pile
What colonial scientist living in the United States used the power of reason to attempt to explain lightning? (think about the kite and lightning experiment)
Michael Faraday
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Ben Franklin
Nature is organized so that the positive and negative should do what?
balance out
cancel out
add up
What is the modern equivalent of the Leyden jar? (hint: circuit boards have these to protect sensitive electrical parts)
A lightning rod
A generator
A capacitor
A battery
What was the name of the fish that gave a "shock?"
Dolphin
Stingray
Torpedo Fish
Shark
While experimenting of frogs and Torpedo Fish, Alessandro Volta inadvertently created the first __________, called a pile.
Engine
Battery
Conductor
Transistor
Batteries allowed for the discovery of the continuous flow of electricity, which became known as electrical __________________.
current
flow
wattage
voltage
Humphrey Davy created the world's largest battery and connected two carbon filaments, creating continuous light that he called the __________ __________.
night light
LED bulb
arc lamp
carbon light
Giovanni Aldini's experiments on humans led to a similar story about reanimating humans with electricity. That story, by Mary Shelley, is called ____________________.
The Walking Dead
Zombie
Frank and Stein
Frankenstein
