Steam Power

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

• Water

• steam

• wind

• nuclear

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

What do steam engines boil to create steam for power?

• water

• Gasoline

• oil

• all of the above

What was an advantage of steam power?

• It was free

• factories could be located anywhere

• it used the wind

• none of the above

True or False: Steam power was used in a number of different applications?

• true

• false

What term did James Watt use to describe how much power a steam engine could produce?

• watt

• horsepower

• manpower

• joule

Who invented one of the first useful steam engines in 1712?

• Thomas Edison

• Eli Whitney

• Albert Einstein

• Thomas Newcomen

Which of the following was a practical use for steam engines?

• factories

• factories

• mines

• steamboats

• all of the above

Who developed the first commercially successful steamboat operation?

• James Hargreaves

• Robert Fulton

• Thomas Savery

• James Watt

True or False: Steam power is used today in both electricity and nuclear power plants.

• true

• false