WorksheetsThe Story of Electricity
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
The atoms in metals, like all atoms, have electrically charged ________________ surrounding a ______________________.
electrons / nucleus
batteries / nucleus
batteries / wire
wires / nucleus
Michael Faraday was given a ticket to attend one of the last lectures of what great chemist? _______________________
Faraday made basically the earliest ever electric __________________________.
motor
The first device that really brought electricity out of the laboratory and into the hands of ordinary people was the __________________________.
telegraph
By the middle of the 1840s, _____________ ________________ had developed a messaging system that could be used with the telegraph.
Who is the scientist that discovered the beginning of electricity with batteries by using two simple carbon rods?
Humphry Davy.
Thomas Edison.
Isaac Newton.
Robert Hooke.
Which of the following statements are true about early observations of electricity?
The ancient Greeks rubbed amber, which they called electron, to get small shocks.
Queen Elizabeth marveled at static electricity’s effect on feathers.
Both A and B.
None of the Above.
True or False: Electricity was only used for entertainment in the early 1700s.
True.
False.
In 1745, the purpose of the Leiden jar helped...
To store water for new experiments.
To keep electricity stored for hours/days.
To create a new electric torture device.
To demonstrate properties of elements.
The modern equivalent of the Leiden jar is a ________.
This fish was related to the electric shock.
Electric Eel
Stingray
Torpedo fish
Cod
Galvani had been attracted to the use of electricity in medical treatments and created a strange entity he called ________ electricity. For Volta animal electricity had no place in rational and enlightened ________.
voltaic / electricity
animal / science
static / electricity
plant / electricity
The battery was created/discovered…
Through experimentation with different electrical animals.
Through studying science and mathematics.
Through the use of a pile of metals and acids.
Through the use of magnets and wires.
The importance of the pile by Volta showed …
Electricity can be present without the use of animals.
Electricity could be continuous
Creation of the Battery
All the above.
Describe the relationship of electrons and metals.
Electrons in metals are share between atoms allowing for conductivity and other metallic properties.
The writer Mary Shelley was influenced by a chilling experiment with electricity and a dead man’s body, which novel was inspired by the scientist Giovanni Aldini.
Don Quixote
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Frankenstein
The Light’s Path
Electricity signaled the changing of times from miracles and ________ and the beginning of the era of rationality, ________ and science.
fantasies / logic
romance / industry
traditions / emotion
wonders / instinct
