Steam Power

Steam Power

9th Grade

10 Qs

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Steam Power

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Assessment

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History

9th Grade

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Jess MORGAN

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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

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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