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Story of Electricity Part 1

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the most powerful manifestation of electricity we ever see?

a)

solar flares

b)

lightning

c)

supernovas

d)

fireflies

2.

What material did the ancient Greeks rub to get small shocks?

a)

glass

b)

amber

c)

wood

d)

copper

3.

Those with an interest in electricity first called themselves?

a)

alchemists

b)

magicians

c)

electricians

d)

plumbers

4.

Steven Grey made a significant discovery that led him to divide materials in the world into what two categories?

a)

energy and matter

b)

fluids and solids

c)

insulators and conductors

d)

metals and non-metals

5.

What was the most significant electrical invention of the 18th century?

a)

The Leyden Jar

b)

The Electric Motor

c)

The Transformer

d)

The Electric Pile

6.

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)

a)

Michael Faraday

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Ben Franklin

7.

Nature is organized so that the positive and negative should do what?

a)

balance out

b)

cancel out

c)

add up

8.

What is the modern equivalent of the Leyden jar? (hint: circuit boards have these to protect sensitive electrical parts)

a)

A lightning rod

b)

A generator

c)

A capacitor

d)

A battery

9.

What was the name of the fish that gave a "shock?"

a)

Dolphin

b)

Stingray

c)

Torpedo Fish

d)

Shark

10.

While experimenting of frogs and Torpedo Fish, Alessandro Volta inadvertently created the first __________, called a pile.

a)

Engine

b)

Battery

c)

Conductor

d)

Transistor

11.

Batteries allowed for the discovery of the continuous flow of electricity, which became known as electrical __________________.

a)

current

b)

flow

c)

wattage

d)

voltage

12.

Humphrey Davy created the world's largest battery and connected two carbon filaments, creating continuous light that he called the __________ __________.

a)

night light

b)

LED bulb

c)

arc lamp

d)

carbon light

13.

Giovanni Aldini's experiments on humans led to a similar story about reanimating humans with electricity. That story, by Mary Shelley, is called ____________________.

a)

The Walking Dead

b)

Zombie

c)

Frank and Stein

d)

Frankenstein