Young Thomas Edison

When Thomas was young, he liked to experiment and tinker with any ________ he could find.

• gadget

• signal

• mumble

• occasional

At the age of nine, Thomas turned his family's cellar into a ____________ so he could do experiments.

• electric

• laboratory

• genius

• cellar

Thomas used to ______________ to himself while mixing different chemicals and making notes in his chemistry book.

• laboratory

• invention

• mumble

• gadget

In 1847 when Thomas was born, there were no __________ lights, no telephones, and no radios.

• occasional

• cellar

• genius

• electric

Thomas did have an ____________ explosion when he was conducting his experiments.

• occasional

• invention

• mumble

• signal

His first patented _________ was the "Electric Vote Recorder", but Congress did not like it and he could not sell it.

• signal

• invention

• genius

• electric

Al invented a device that hooked a telegraphy key to a clock which was a moment of pure _________, but got him fired from his job.

• experiment

• cellar

• genius

• invention

One of Al's duties as an operator was to send a __________ every hour to prove to the dispatcher that he was awake.

• invention

• electric

• laboratory

• signal

When Al turned the ______ into his lab, he bought test tubes, beakers, and chemicals for it.

• gadget

• electric

• occasional

• cellar

To create his inventions, he would _____ with different things and make notes in his notebook of everything that he did.

• mumble

• experiment

• invention

• signal