Assessment No.

SCIENTISTS AND ELECTRICAL TERMINOLOGIES

Name: Score: ____________

How Much Have You Learned?

Direction: Search for names of scientist who contributed to the development of

Electricity, electrical components and instruments found in this puzzle. Encircle the
name or word vertically, horizontally, backward, upward or downward.

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E A L R N A T E R T Y E F UQ N T E P H E N G R A Y R T
M B E A A P E R R T H S R RD C H I O K L M L B E F A Y
I H S N V A W G B S I E RQ N V C X Z Y Y T K J D N S
C R S S L C U OT R T N S Q EA Q R T N B O V C N S X D Z
O T A F A I P I F T B T U NH N C X E Q B N I E C N R O
N W O G T L C C D S O E TQ R E S I S T A N C E N E J
D N
M R I A S A L T E R N AT I N G C U R R E N T N A J
U O DR M G N T P F Y I N C BT H O M A S E D I S O N M
C Q O E I C H A R G E F Y VC D E A Z X B E R T V D P DE
T N V R U E N C E A I O U W N D S E R V O L T M E T E R
O I O D L G M B D Y N A M C E L E C T R I C I T Y R N
R L L D C V N R S D R K I IL O W A T T H O U R M E T E R
C K T O A X E E C R T I A L S N G V C T D E O I U R L Y
H N A T V O L T A G E D D I R E C T C U R R E N T T S A
A A S T R T I E A Q V C P A S S I V E E L E M E N T S D
R R C O X W M O N B C F M T Y Q A S D T G H J R I A
L F S V D R KL M H A Q C B G RJ O S E P H H E N R Y T E R
E N W O R B S A M O H T R I S T Y F V C B M T Y S V G A
S I E N E R G Y E A S T R L B N A S R T S T A S W H F
D M G W Q R T T C H D H B B N I N D U C T A N C TE C L
U A AG U O R T N E M E L E E V I T C A G H A T Y G H I E
F J H I P F C V R D R P W O T C U D N I W T F P L R A
A N L R H A N S C H R I S RT I A N O E R S T E D L I N H
Y E B I T Y P L I K M N J H G T F V C D E R T Y H J I C
H B I C O N D U C T A N C E H G R T D E Q S C X Z I E I
A I R K G H J K L P M N B V X G E O R G S I M O N O H M
D F H E I N R I C H R U D O L P H H E R T Z F G H J K L
QUESTIONS: (not part of Assessment No. 1)

1. What is electricity?
2. Discuss the probable changes in your lifestyle if the electric service in your
home were disconnected for one week.
3. Name some scientists who contributed to the development of electricity and
electronic and their contributions to the development of electricity.
4. Discuss the scientist’s contributions to electricity and electronics.
5. What are some applications of electricity and electronics?
6. Identify various electrical components.
7. What is force?
8. What is one newton?
9. What is work?
10. What is the difference between direct current and alternating current?
 Objective Test No. 1

INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICITY

1. Which of the following is not an electrical quantity?

A. time
B. power
C. current
D. voltage

2. The unit of current is

A. volt
B. watt
C. joule
D. ampere

3. The unit of voltage is

A. ohm
B. volt
C. watt

4. The unit of resistance is

A. ohm
B. hertz
C. henry
D. ampere

5. 15,000 W is the same as

A. 15 W
B. 15 mW
C. 15 kW
D. 15 MW

6. The quantity 4.7 x 103 is the same as

A. 0.0047
B. 470
C. 4700
D. 47,000

7. The quantity 56 x 10-3 is the same as

A. 0.056
B. 0.560
C. 560
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D. 56,000

8. The number 3,300,000 can be expressed as

A. 3.3 x 10-6
B. 3.3 x 106
C. 3.3 x 109
D. 3.3 x 1012

9. Ten milliamperes can be expressed as

A. 10 A
B. 10 mA
C. 10 kA
D. 10 MA

10. Five thousand volts can be expressed as

A. 5 kV
B. 50 MV
C. 500 kV
D. 5000 kV

11. Twenty million ohms can be expressed as

A. 20
B. 20 m
C. 20 M
D. 20 MW

12. Hertz is the unit of

A. time
B. power
C. frequency
D. inductance

13. One of the following parameters cannot be changed by a transformer? Which

one is it?
A. Power
B. Voltage
C. Current
D. impedance

14. The prefix pico means

A. 10-12 of a unit
B. 10-9 of a unit
 Objective Test No. 2

INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICITY

Note: Answers of some items may not be found in this text. Look for answers in
other references.

1. Discovered the difference between conductors and insulators in 1729.

A. Luigi Galvani
B. Stephen Gray
C. Alessandro Volta
D. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

2. Discovered Galvanic action in 1780.

A. Luigi Galvani
B. Stephen Gray
C. Alessandro Volta
D. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

3. Invented the electric dry cell in 1800.

A. Luigi Galvani
B. Stephen Gray
C. Alessandro Volta
D. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

4. Discovered electromagnetism and invented galvanometer in 1820.

A. J W Ritter
B. Stephen Gray
C. William Herschel
D. Hans Christian Oersted

5. Discovered thermoelectricity in 1821.

A. J W Ritter
B. T J Seebeck
C. Stephen Gray
D. Hans Christian Oersted

6. Formulated Ohm’s Law in 1826.

A. T J Seebeck
B. George S. Ohm
C. Hans Christian Oersted
D. Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier

7. Discovered electromagnetic induction in 1831.

 A. T J Seebeck
B. George S. Ohm
C. Michael Faraday
D. Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier

8. Invented the magnetohydrodynamic battery in 1839.

A. Samuel Morse
B. Charles Babbage
C. Michael Faraday
D. Thomas Davenport

9. Discovered the photovoltaic effect in 1839.

A. Samuel Morse
B. Michael Faraday
C. Edmond Becquerel
D. Thomas Davenport

10. Invented the fuel cell in 1839.

A. William Grove
B. Michael Faraday
C. Edmond Becquerel
D. Thomas Davenport

11. Invented the differential resistance measurer in 1843.

A. John Herschel
B. William Grove
C. Charles Wheatstone
D. Edmond Becquerel

12. Formulated KCL and KVL in 1845.

A. John Herschel
B. George S. Ohm
C. Gustav Kirchhoff
D. Charles Wheatstone

13. Invented submarine cable insulation in 1847.

A. Charles Wheatstone
B. Gustav Kirchhoff
C. George S. Ohm
D. Werner Siemens

14. Invented the lead acid cell in 1860.

A. Plante
B. Michael Faraday
 C. George Boole
D. J P Reis

15. Invented the Leclanche cell in 1868.

A. Plante
B. Georges Leclanche
C. James Clerk Maxwell
D. J P Reis

16. Discovered electron in 1897.

A. Joseph John Thomson
B. Guglielmo Marconi
C. Wilhelm Rontgen
D. Almon Brown Strowger

17. Invented Nickel-iron cell in 1900.

A. Joseph John Thomson
B. Guglielmo Marconi
C. Thomas Alva Edison
D. Almon Brown Strowger

18. Discovered superconductivity in 1911.

A. Lee De Forest
B. Thadius Cahill
C. Alessandro Artom
D. Kamerlingh Onnes

19. Discovered neutron in 1932.

A. James Chadwick
B. Tellegen and Hoist
C. H S Black
D. lius Lilienfield

20. Invented Digital Voltmeter in 1952.

A. M V Wilkes
B. J I Nishizawa
C. Yoshire Nakamats
D. Andy Kay
 Assessment No. 2

INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICITY

Name: Score: ____________

1. What is electricity?

2. Write at least five scientists who contributed to the development of electricity?

Include their contributions to electricity.

3. What are the applications of electricity and electronics?

4. Express the following using metric prefixes:

a. 0.00000625 F

b. 23000000000 Ω

c. 0.0000000000234 A

d. 126000 V

5. Add the following without using a calculator. Use metric prefixes to simplify.
a. 0.00000625 F + 0.0000835 F
 b. 23000000000 Ω + 45 GΩ

c. 0.0000000000234 A + 0.000000002446 A

d. 126000 V + 923800 V

6. Write the SI units of mass, force, weight, work, power and energy.

7. What is the difference between AC and DC?