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Who demonstrated the interconnectedness of electricity and magnetism through an experiment involving a compass needle and electric current?
Who demonstrated the interconnectedness of electricity and magnetism through an experiment involving a compass needle and electric current?
- Alessandro Volta
- Hans Christian Oersted (correct)
- Michael Faraday
- James Clerk Maxwell
What did the experiment involving a compass needle and electric current show?
What did the experiment involving a compass needle and electric current show?
- Magnetism can overpower electricity
- Electricity can overpower magnetism
- Electricity and magnetism are unrelated phenomena
- Electricity and magnetism are interconnected (correct)
What did Hans Christian Oersted demonstrate through his experiment in April 1820?
What did Hans Christian Oersted demonstrate through his experiment in April 1820?
- Electricity and magnetism are completely independent
- Electricity creates a magnetic field
- Magnetism creates an electric field
- Electricity and magnetism are interrelated (correct)
Before Oersted's experiment, what was the prevailing belief about electricity and magnetism?
Before Oersted's experiment, what was the prevailing belief about electricity and magnetism?
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What was the significance of Oersted's experiment involving a compass needle and electric current?
What was the significance of Oersted's experiment involving a compass needle and electric current?
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