5.03 (S2)

They invented a furnace for turning iron into steel in 1856.

• Henry Bessemer

• Andrew Carnegie

• Charles William Siemens

• Samuel Morse

An alloy made mostly of iron, but is lighter, stronger, and more flexible.

• Gasoline

• Rubber

• Steel

• Vibranium

This Prussian immigrated to England, they developed a process using a gas furnace to make steel faster.

• Henry Bessemer

• Andrew Carnegie

• Charles William Siemens

• Samuel Morse

This Scot immigrated to the US, formed a steel company, and was influential in making the US a world economic power.

• Henry Bessemer

• Andrew Carnegie

• Charles William Siemens

• Samuel Morse

Inventor of the telegraph.

• Nikola Tesla

• Andrew Carnegie

• Charles William Siemens

• Samuel Morse

A liquid mineral found beneath the ground, and was starting to replace coal & wood as a source of energy.

• Steel

• Petroleum

• Mercury

• Diet Coke

Why was gasoline not used at first?

• It had a bad smell.

• It burned too quickly & dangerously.

• It burned to slowly & produced little energy.

• Gasoline would not be discovered until the 1970s.

Which is NOT true of Alexander Graham Bell?

• He invented the telephone.

• He was from Scotland and moved to the US.

• He was the first in his family to study the field of sound and voice.

• Was not content with Morse code, he wanted to improve it with electricity.

Which is NOT true about Thomas Edison?

• He invented the first light bulb that really worked.

• He called laboratories "invention factories."

• He went mostly deaf, and liked it that way because it allowed him to think.

• He never patented his inventions.

He was the Belgian inventor of the internal combustion engine.

• Étienne (Jean) Lenoir

• Gottlieb Daimler

• Wilhelm Maybach

• Karl Benz