alleryStart learning →The SI unit of electric current, the ampere, is named in honor of which scientist?
AGeorg Simon Ohm
BAndre-Marie Ampere
CBenjamin Franklin
DAlessandro Volta
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Andre-Marie Ampere
1. The unit of electric current, the ampere, is stated to be named after a French physicist.
2. That physicist is identified by name as Andre-Marie Ampere.
3. Ohm, Franklin and Volta are each linked to other facts about current and resistance, not to naming the ampere.
_Source: OpenStax Physics (CC BY 4.0), Ch 19 "Electrical Circuits", section 19.1 Ohm's law_
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