Modern Marvels Name: ______
Mad Electricity Period: _____
1. How many patents did Nikola Tesla file for?
2. When did Nikola Tesla die? Where did he die?
3. What was one Nikola Tesla’s “crazy” ideas?
4. What was Nikola’s most famous invention?
5. How many volts does the coil jump up the 120 volts from the wall?
6. How does a Tesla coil work?
7. What did Tesla want to do with an enormous Tesla coil?
8. How many volts could Telsa’s Colorado coil generate?
9. How could Tesla or anybody else light up a light just by holding it?
10. Which type of waves are we using to send messages to outer space?
11. What is Wardenclyffe?
12. Tesla didn’t send the first major radio message across the Atlantic, who did?
13. Could Tesla’s wireless transmission be possible? What are the two points of view?
14. Tesla work for in America?
15. What is the 13M?
16. How many volts of power does the 13M produce?
17. When was Nikola Tesla born?
18. How does the Induction Motor (electric motor) work?
19. Who did Nikola Tesla work for in America?
20. What was Tesla appalled by in the cities?
21. What does DC stand for?
Modern Marvels Name: ______
Mad Electricity Period: _____
1. How many patents did Nikola Tesla file for?
2. When did Nikola Tesla die? Where did he die?
3. What was one Nikola Tesla’s “crazy” ideas?
4. What was Nikola’s most famous invention?
5. How many volts does the coil jump up the 120 volts from the wall?
6. How does a Tesla coil work?
7. What did Tesla want to do with an enormous Tesla coil?
8. How many volts could Telsa’s Colorado coil generate?
9. How could Tesla or anybody else light up a light just by holding it?
10. Which type of waves are we using to send messages to outer space?
11. What is Wardenclyffe?
12. Tesla didn’t send the first major radio message across the Atlantic, who did?
13. Could Tesla’s wireless transmission be possible? What are the two points of view?
14. Tesla work for in America?
15. What is the 13M?
16. How many volts of power does the 13M produce?
17. When was Nikola Tesla born?
18. How does the Induction Motor (electric motor) work?
19. Who did Nikola Tesla work for in America?
20. What was Tesla appalled by in the cities?
21. What does DC stand for?
22. What does AC stand for?
23. How is the flow of electrons different in a DC versus AC system?
24. Where was the first all-electric fair in the world?
25. What natural power did Tesla try to harness for electricity?
26. What were some of Tesla’s “bizarre” compulsions?
27. What invention did Tesla release in Madison Square Gardens?
28. What are some of Tesla’s remote control inventions used for?
29. What does an oscillator produce?
30. Where are Tesla’s papers residing now?
31. How many barrels of oil a day does the US consume a day?
32. What is ‘geothermal’ energy?
33. How many miles can the Tesla Roadster travel without a drop of gas?
34. What is being ignited or excited inside a phosphorescent light bulb?
QUESTION A: Write “Ohms Law” (The Resistance Equation) below and define each term
QUESTION B: Write the “Electric Power Equation” below. Define each term
22. What does AC stand for?
23. How is the flow of electrons different in a DC versus AC system?
24. Where was the first all-electric fair in the world?
25. What natural power did Tesla try to harness for electricity?
26. What were some of Tesla’s “bizarre” compulsions?
27. What invention did Tesla release in Madison Square Gardens?
28. What are some of Tesla’s remote control inventions used for?
29. What does an oscillator produce?
30. Where are Tesla’s papers residing now?
31. How many barrels of oil a day does the US consume a day?
32. What is ‘geothermal’ energy?
33. How many miles can the Tesla Roadster travel without a drop of gas?
34. What is being ignited or excited inside a phosphorescent light bulb?
QUESTION A: Write “Ohms Law” (The Resistance Equation) below and define each term
QUESTION B: Write the “Electric Power Equation” below. Define each term