SENDING MESSAGES

What is the same about smoke signals and the telegraph?

• They were both used a long time ago.

• They both are a type of message.

• They both use patterns to stand for words or letters.

• All of the above answers.

Which of the following was developed first?

• cell phone

• email

• telegraph

• mail

In what ways has mail been carried over the years?

• by foot

• by horse

• by train

• all of the above answers

Who was Samuel Morse

• He invented the telephone.

• He invented the telegraph.

• He invented the Pony Express.

• He was the first person to send a message.

What is Morse Code?

• the man who invented the telegraph

• the man who invented the telephone

• a system of radio waves

• a code using dots and dashes

How are messages sent by letter and by email the same?

• They use written language.

• They can travel over radio waves.

• They use a code.

• They can be delivered instantly.

How are voice messages sent today?

• through Morse Code.

• on radio waves

• over wires

• through email

How is mail today different from long ago?

• It is no longer written down.

• It is carried on trucks and planes.

• It does not include messages.

• None of the above answers.

Which of the following is an invention?

• the telegraph

• horses

• the sun

• fire

The telegraph was invented how long before the telephone?

• about 50 years

• about 150 years

• about 30 years

• about 100 years