Electricity Quiz: Kites, Eels and AC versus DC
Try 6 questions on electricity: Franklin's kite, the first battery, a record-breaking eel, what a watt measures and mains voltage.
- Questions
6 - Length
About 4 min
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- What happened to Franklin’s kite in the storm?
- What did Faraday spin between a horseshoe magnet's poles?
- A European wall outlet supplies about 230 V. About how many volts can a record electric eel deliver?
- Which change sends the same power with less line loss?
- What danger do these insulators prevent?
- Why can a bird stand safely on one power line?