Unit 1 Week 4 Selection Test: The Boy Who Invented TV

Which two inventions most interested young Philo?

• telephone and television

• phonograph and telephone

• electric generator and radio

• electric generator and phonograph

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

How was Idaho different from Utah?

• There were trains.

• There was electricity

• There were televisions

• There was running water.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What did Philo see while plowing fields that helped him invent the television?

• view of the open country

• light reflected off the field

• parallel lines in the field

• overturned earth

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Philo thought that the best thing about television was that it would...

• make him famous.

• establish world peace

• allow people to see one another.

• allow or permit people to share the same stories

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

All of the following tell how Philo learned EXCEPT

• he graduated from college

• he asked a lot of questions

• he read a lot of magazines.

• he tinkered with all kinds of machines

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What does electron mean?

• Electric devices

• Invisible particles that travel at the speed of like

• Television pieces

• Battery juice

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What important event happens on page 77 that brought Philo closer to inventing the TV?

• He moved from Utah to Idaho in a house that had electricity

• He became interested in machines

• He invented machines that made his chores easier

• Philo was struck with an idea about how to make a television while he was plowing the fields.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What can you infer about how Philo's love for science made him a "different boy?" pg. 78

• He changed his mind about wanting to invent the TV

• He was scared to move forward to invent the TV

• He became more confident based on the fact he had more enthusiasm and spoke louder.

• He was upset with his professor.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

In what year did Philo find new investors to invest in his idea

• 1907

• 1926

• 1999

• 1927

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

What does the Greek root tele- mean?

• a box that plays my favorite shows

• at a small distance

• cell phone

• from a great distance

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A