What new source of power helped to drive the Industrial Revolution?
Steam Power

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Jess MORGAN
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Water
steam
wind
nuclear
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What was the drawback of using a river as power for a factory?
unreliable
the factory had to be near a river
rivers could freeze
rivers could dry up
All of the above
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What do steam engines boil to create steam for power?
water
Gasoline
oil
all of the above
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What was an advantage of steam power?
It was free
factories could be located anywhere
it used the wind
none of the above
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
True or False: Steam power was used in a number of different applications?
true
false
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What term did James Watt use to describe how much power a steam engine could produce?
watt
horsepower
manpower
joule
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Who invented one of the first useful steam engines in 1712?
Thomas Edison
Eli Whitney
Albert Einstein
Thomas Newcomen
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