Physical Science Module 11

What is James Clerk Maxwell known as?

• The founder of modern physics

• The founder of modern chemistry

• The founder of modern biology

• The founder of modern philology

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Who did James Clerk Maxwell meet after graduating?

• Nikola Tesla

• Benjamin Franklin

• Micheal Faraday

• George Westinghouse

Why were real advances made in the study of electricity + magnetism

through James Clerk and his partner Michael Faraday?

• Maxwell put Faraday's theories on a firm scientific foundation

• They made a great team

• The two of them were very organized

• Maxwell put Faraday's theories on a firm mathematical foundation

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What book did Maxwell publish when he was 42 years old?

• Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism

• Theory of Heart

• A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field

• Matter and Motion

How many different mathematical equations did

James Clerk Maxwell use in his book "Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism"

to show that electricity and Magnetism were governed by the same force?

• 50

• 100

• 70

• 40

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What is James Clerk Maxwell also known for?

• Providing the mathematical foundation for the kinetic theory of gasses

• Was the first to conduct the circuit experiment

• Being the first to explain how we see color

• Developed several advances in the field thermodynamics

• He came up with thirty different ways to prove wrong that electricity and magnetism is in the same field

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What are the two rules of electrical charges?

• Opposite charges repel each other

• Like charges repel each other

• Like charges attract one another

• Opposite charges attract one another

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The larger the electrical charge the stronger the...

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What does the force between electrically charged particles

behave almost identically to?

• Almost to those that governs frictional force

• Almost to those that governs magnetism force

• Almost to those that govern spring force

• Almost to those that govern gravitation force

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The force between two charged objects is..

• Directly proportional

• Inversely proportional

• Directly inproportional

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