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Famous Electricians
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Thomas Edison and the Light Bulb
Miscellaneous
Facts
100
I was originally given credit for discovering electricity with my kite.
Who is Ben Franklin?
100
A measure of the rate of doing work or the rate at which energy is converted.
What is power?
100
Thomas Edison focused on the lightbulb in this year.
What is 1879
100
A measure of the electric charge that an appliance uses.
What is a watt?
100
The amount of electricity used by schools for lighting.
What is 1/3?
200
I was the first one to realize that an electric current could be produced by passing a magnet through a copper wire.
Who is Michael Faraday?
200
A property that slows the flow of electrons.
What is resistance?
200
A problem was finding a strong material for the filament.
What was the problem with inventing the light bulb?
200
1,000 watts, the measurement used for large amounts of eletricity.
What is a kilowatt?
200
The percent used in homes for lighting.
What is up to 6%?
300
I opened the first major powerplant in Niagra Falls using alternating current.
Who is George Westinghouse?
300
The law that shows that if you double the voltage the current also doubles and if you reduce the voltage by half, the current drops by half.
What is Ohm's Law?
300
An inefficent lightbulb that is no longer being produced.
What is incandescent?
300
It measures the amount of electricity in one hour.
What is a kilowatt-hour
300
An AC current stands for:
What is alternating current?
400
I made a chemical reaction produce an electric with paper, salt water, zinc, and copper.
Who is Alessandro Volta?
400
Current times resistance equals this.
What is voltage?
400
Voltage/current equals:
What is resistance?
400
A DC current stands for:
What is direct current?
500
I focused on creating a practical lightbulb that would last a while before burning out.
Who is Thomas Edison?
500
It introduces the concept of time to electrical power.
What is electrical energy.
500
Energy saving light bulbs that have capsules around the filament filled with halogen gas.
What is halogen?
500
Voltage/resistance equals:
What is current?
500
In 1920, only _% of the energy in the U.S. was used to make electricity.
What is 2%?