Hans Christian Oersted and the Discovery of Electromagnetism Quiz
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Who made the revolutionary discovery that a wire carrying electric current can attract or repel another wire next to it that's also carrying electric current?

  • Hans Christian Oersted
  • Michael Faraday
  • Andre Marie Ampere (correct)
  • Joseph Henry
  • Who was the first to discover electromagnetic induction, the production of an electric current across a conductor moving through a magnetic field?

  • William Gilbert
  • Joseph Henry (correct)
  • Hans Christian Oersted
  • Michael Faraday
  • Who found that when an electrical current passed through a coil, another very short current was generated in a nearby coil (electromagnetic induction)?

  • Hans Christian Oersted
  • William Gilbert
  • Michael Faraday (correct)
  • Joseph Henry
  • Who discovered that Earth was magnetic and theorized that electricity and magnetism are not the same?

    <p>William Gilbert</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the first to discover electromagnetic induction, the production of an electric current across a conductor moving through a magnetic field?

    <p>Joseph Henry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who made the revolutionary discovery that a wire carrying electric current can attract or repel another wire next to it that's also carrying electric current?

    <p>Andre Marie Ampere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who developed Coulomb's law, which defined the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion?

    <p>Charles Agustin de Coulomb</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who found that when an electrical current passed through a coil, another very short current was generated in a nearby coil (electromagnetic induction)?

    <p>Michael Faraday</p> Signup and view all the answers

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