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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the army of invisible servants that is waiting to help us?ElectronsProtonsNeutronsThe sun - 2. Multiple ChoiceWho was the child of poverty who helped us gain our understanding of electricity?Isaac NewtonAlbert EinsteinMichael FarradayGallileo
- 3. Multiple ChoiceMichael Farraday dropped out of school when he was just a child.True.False.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhere did Michael Faraday first learn about electricity?His job in the coal mines.Science for the public.His book-binding job.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceLondon's Royal Institution still puts on Christmas shows to this day to show children about Science.TrueFalseThey did until 2014
- 6. Multiple ChoiceMichael Faraday got his job working for Humphrey Davies by doing what:Applying for it and getting recommended.Transcribing his lectures and binding them.Working at the hospital that treated Davies.Working as a janitor in the Royal Institute.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceMichael Farraday discovered that electricity could be used to makeA motorA carA lightbulbA compass
- 8. Multiple ChoiceFaraday's original motor used what two things:Mercury and Cork.A wheel and a pulley.A gear and a magnet.He didn't invent a motor.
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What did Davies make Faraday do out of his jealousy?
Study glassmaking
Study dynamite
Go back to binding books
Calculus
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich founder of the show Cosmos gave Christmas Lectures for the young at the Royal InstituteSir Isaac NewtonNeil deGrasse TysonMichael FaradayCarl Sagan
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Faraday have to stand on to be safe from the electricity?Rubber boots.A stool with glass legs.A layer of ceramic bricks.A wooden floor.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Faraday chose NOT to do with his discoveries?Send them to America.Publish them.Patent them.Share them with children.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Faraday discover was related in order to create the first generator?Electricity and ElectrostaticsElectricity and MagnetismElectricity and Metal ConductorsElectricity and Memory loss
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat led to Faraday discovering that light and magnetism and electricity were related?His failed experiments with glassHis wife's suggestionsHis motor from earlier in lifePolarization of energy
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Faraday's discovery of electricity's effect on light prove?That time isn't linearThat everything is relatedThat magnets aren't realThat telescopes have to use electricity
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Faraday discover about electricity and magnets with iron filings?That they showed the pattern of force fieldsThey were pretty to look atThey always make circlesThe north pole is really under our feet
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