Scientists
Who first observed static electricity?
Greeks
What is a flowing charge?
Electric Current
What word refers to when a spark occurs and a large accumulation of static electricity is suddently released?
Discharge
Who experimented with frog legs and noted what he saw?
Luigi Galvani
When this is present, electrons do not travel aimlessly.
Voltage
Who noted two types of electric charges?
Ben Franklin
This is the name of the first reliable source of electricty that could be stored in a lab.
Voltiac Pile
Friction
Who established the law of conservation of charge?
Benjamin Franklin
This person made the first color photograph.
James Clerk Maxwell
Who experimented with frog legs and made the predecessor to our current battery?
Count Alessandro Volta
This is the term for charged subatomic particles.
charge
When this type of static electricty is caused it is temporary. What is it?
induction
Who coined the term electric?
William Gilbert
This is also called an ionized gas.
plasma
Who developed four math equations that are complete descriptions of all known electric and magnetic phenomena in the universe?
James Clerk Maxwell
This is static electricity that is cuased when objects are touching.
conduction
How many ways to we know that static electricity is formed?
Three
Who demonstrated the opposite effect of Ampere's Law?
Michael Faraday
This is the main reason why metals are good conductors of electricity.
Free flowing electrons in a crystal lattice structure.
Who proposed that Earth acts like a magnet?
William Gilbert
What has a metal lining and holds an electric charge?
Leyden Jar
These are nearly even in the world around us and that helps for safety.
Electric charges
Andre-Marie Ampere
This is the substance that ancient Greeks rubbed on fur.
amber