KIDS QUIZ
FAMOUS INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
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Question
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Which inventor discovered that lightning was a form of electricity?
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Benjamin Franklin
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Thomas Edison
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Franklin’s experiment demonstrated the connection between lightning and electricity.
Detailed explanation-2: -He invented: Lightning rod (1750) Flexible catheter (1752) 24-hour, three-wheel clock that was much simpler than other designs of the day (1757) Glass armonica, a simple musical instrument made of spinning glass (1762)
Detailed explanation-3: -Franklin discovered that by linking multiple jars together he could increase the amount of charge they could store. He called this new assembly of Leyden jars a “battery, ‘’ and he is credited as being the first to use the term in relation to electricity.
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