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From Amber to Currents
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From Amber to Currents

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Who was the first person to use the word 'electricity'?

  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Martin Cooper
  • Thomas Edison
  • William Gilbert (correct)

    • What did Benjamin Franklin introduce in relation to electricity?

  • Positive and negative charges (correct)
  • Hard translucent yellowish-brown fossil resin
  • Moving fluid called humor
  • Cell phone

    • When was the first cell phone call made?

  • Turn of the 17th century
  • 20th and 21st centuries
  • April 3, 1973 (correct)
  • 1752

    • Who is widely regarded as the father of the cellular phone?

    <p>Martin Cooper</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is fundamental to modern life?

    <p>Affordable reliable electricity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is credited with discovering static electricity by rubbing fur/wool on substances?

    <p>Thales of Miletus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who invented the first electric generator in 1663?

    <p>Otto von Guericke</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who became the first person to view electroluminescence?

    <p>Otto von Guericke</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who discovered the Seebeck effect?

    <p>Thomas Johann Seebeck</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Seebeck effect?

    <p>The flow of electric current between different conductive materials at different temperatures</p> Signup and view all the answers

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