Inventor Review

Who invented the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight?

• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Washington Carver
• Wright Brothers

Who invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans?

• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Washington Carver
• Wright Brothers

Who invented the telephone?

• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Washington Carver
• Wright Brothers

Who registered over 1,000 patents for new inventions or improvements for existing inventions?

• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Washington Carver
• Wright Brothers

Who chose Kitty Hawk, NC as the location to test the invention because of the consistent winds in the area?

• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Washington Carver
• Wright Brothers

Who invented the electric light bulb?

• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Washington Carver
• Wright Brothers

Who taught poor Southern farmers how to keep soil fertile using crop rotation methods?

• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Washington Carver
• Wright Brothers

Who preferred to be remembered as a teacher of the deaf?

• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Washington Carver
• Wright Brothers

Where did George Washington Carver teach science?

• University of Alabama
• Tuskegee Institute

Before the telephone, the ___________ had never been transmitted across a wire.

• voice
• phonograph
• moving picture