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Tesla vs. Edison

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented the light bulb?

a)

Nikola Tesla

b)

JP Morgan

c)

Westinghouse Electric

d)

Thomas Edison

2.

What country was Tesla from?

a)

USA

b)

Austria

c)

Germany

d)

England

3.

What was Edison's proposed system of electricity called?

a)

Alternating Current

b)

Direct Current

c)

AC Current

d)

Safe Current

4.

Where was Edison's first power plant built?

a)

Chicago

b)

Buffalo

c)

Niagara Falls

d)

New York City

5.

What was Tesla's proposed system of electricity called?

a)

Alternating Current

b)

Direct Current

c)

DC Current

d)

Safe Current

6.

What was the name of the invention that allowed Tesla to step down high voltage AC current to low voltage AC current?

a)

Autobots

b)

Dectptacons

c)

Transformers

d)

Generators

7.

What did Edison invent, that used AC power in attempt to discredit Tesla and Westinghouse?

a)

Electric Chair

b)

Transformer

c)

Generator

d)

DC Current

8.

Which system of electricity was generally considered more dangerous?

a)

AC

b)

DC

9.

What invention did Tesla come up with that really got investors and people behind AC current

a)

Transformers

b)

Electric Motor

c)

AC Current

d)

Generators

10.

What does Tesla do to save Westinghouse Electric?

a)

Voids his contract of electricity sold

b)

Works for Edison Eelctric

c)

Sells his stocks

d)

Kills Thomas Edison

11.

Who won the Niagara Falls contract?

a)

Tesla

b)

Edison

c)

Rockafeller

d)

Vanderbilt

12.

Which side do you thing you would have been on in during the current wars of the late 1800's?

a)

Edison

b)

Tesla