Nikola Tesla: Greatest Inventor of them All?

Why did Tesla's teachers think he was cheating?

• Because Tesla could solve complex math problems in his head.

• Because Tesla was a troublemaker in class.

• Because Tesla only went to high school for 3 years instead of 4.

• Because Tesla didn't finish college.

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How were Tesla and Edison different in the way they worked?

• Edison was smarter than Tesla, so he worked faster.

• Tesla used his mind to imagine different methods; Edison created models to demonstrate and try his ideas.

• Edison mentally processed information, Tesla had to draw it out.

• Tesla was an engineer; Edison was an inventor.

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Why did Tesla leave Edison's company?

• Tesla wanted to start his own company.

• Tesla was too busy to keep working for Edison and his company.

• Tesla wanted to try out his own ideas.

• As retaliation after Edison didn't pay Tesla the $50,000 he owed him for improving his company's motors and generators.

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True or False: Tesla's Company worked on developing an "alternating current" while Edison's company used a system called "direct current."

• True

• False

Why does Elon Musk's Tesla Motors use Tesla's name?

• The text does not specify why.

• To give Tesla some credit for all of his accomplishments, since Edison has been widely recognized already.

• Because in the 1990's, Tesla was becoming better known again.

• Tesla Motors makes electric cars, and its first car used Tesla's design.

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Who was a greater inventor: Tesla or Edison?

• Nikola Tesla

• Thomas Edison

• I'm not sure! I still need to do more research.