Static Electricity History
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What did the ancient Greeks discover about amber?

  • It was used in clothing manufacturing
  • It repelled light objects
  • It attracted light objects (correct)
  • It produced a crackling sound when rubbed with fur

    • What did Benjamin Franklin show in 1752 regarding lightning and the spark from clothes?

  • They are different types of electrical discharge
  • They are caused by different materials
  • They are completely unrelated phenomena
  • They share the same underlying phenomenon (correct)

    • Why did it take 2000 years for the relation between lightning and the spark from clothes to occur?

  • Lack of interest in the field of electricity
  • Inability to understand the concept of electrical discharge
  • Absence of communication and collaboration among scientists (correct)
  • Lack of scientific advancements in that era

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