Industrial Revolution - The Inventors

Industrial Revolution - The Inventors

By Kate Nicholas

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Before factories, most people worked at home. This was called the

industry.

Multiple Choice

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.

Draw

Draw the power source that powered Arkwright's machines.

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

Draw

Draw the type of transportation that used Stephenson's invention.

Poll

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

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

Open Ended

What was the Difference Engine designed to do?

Poll

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

.

Open Ended

Why is steel a better building material than iron?

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.

Poll

Which is the most useful invention?

• Babbage's difference engine

• Brunel's steam ships and bridges

• Bessemer's steel convertor

• Bell's telephone