Industrial Revolution - The Inventors
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Before factories, most people worked at home. This was called the
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Why were factories built in the nineteenth century?
Lots of small cloth making machines could fit in one room in a factory.
They could build larger machines that would make more cloth.
People thought it was healthier to work in a factory rather than in their house.
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Draw
Draw the power source that powered Arkwright's machines.
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Multiple Choice
James Watt used steam to...
power a machine to cut cloth
power a machine to make paper
power a machine to turn a wheel
power a machine to cut hair
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Draw
Draw the type of transportation that used Stephenson's invention.
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So far, which invention do you think is the most useful?
Arkwright's steam textile making maching
Watt's steam locomotive
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Michael Faraday discovered how to generate
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Multiple Choice
To generate electricity, Michael Faraday...
passed an aluminium wheel between two magnets
passed a wheel-shaped magnet between two pieces of iron
passed a copper wheel between two magnets
passed an iron wheel through two magnets
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Open Ended
What was the Difference Engine designed to do?
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So far, what is the most important invention?
Arkwight's steam textile making machine.
Watt's steam locomotive,
Faraday's electricity generator.
Babbage's difference engine.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed steam ships, railway stations and a
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Open Ended
Why is steel a better building material than iron?
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Multiple Choice
What accident helped Alexander Graham Bell finally invent a working telephone?
He spilled a jar of jam.
He spilled a jar of pickled onions.
He spilled a jar of lemon juice.
He spilled a jar of acid.
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Which is the most useful invention?
Babbage's difference engine
Brunel's steam ships and bridges
Bessemer's steel convertor
Bell's telephone
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