Making Inferences

An electrical engineer...

• evaluates electrical systems, products, and components

• evaluates mechanical systems, products, and components

• evaluates chemical systems, products, and components

An electrical current is...

• the flow of water through pipes

• the flow of electricity through wires

• the popular trends

A generator is used to

• teleport you from one spot to another

• create a new product

• create electricity when the power goes out

The author of "Nikola Tesla: The Greatest Inventor of All" most likely believes that Thomas Edison's behavior & character is...

• funny

• dishonest

• kind

• smart

Tesla chose to start his own company because...

• Tesla did not want to work as hard as he had been.

• Tesla did not want to work for Edison because Edison had cheated him.

• Tesla knew that Edison would not go along with his ideas.

What can you conclude about Nikola Tesla?

• Tesla is brilliant and able to perform complex tasks.

• Tesla did not work well with other inventors.

• Tesla was brilliant, but he was unmotivated.

• Tesla's ideas were unfocused and confused others with whom he worked.

In the excerpt "from The Invention of Everything Else," what is implied by this question: "If they are your patents, Niko, why did Marconi … get a letter across the ocean before you?" (p. 3)

• Marconi is a more brilliant inventor than Tesla, and Tesla has an inflated idea of his own worth.

• Tesla was working on the wrong part of the experiment, as he should have concentrated on radio.

• Tesla does not understand how he got cheated out of the fame and fortune he believes he deserves.

• Patent law has to be strengthened and enforced more rigorously so that people are not cheated as Tesla was.

In "The Invention of Everything Else," Vuk destroyed Tesla's device because...

• Vuk didn’t understand what Tesla was doing, and the device frightened him.

• Vuk was an ignorant, nasty boy who was jealous of Tesla’s brilliance.

• Vuk thought it was very amusing to play such a silly joke on Tesla.

• Vuk was getting back at Tesla for Tesla’s previous cruelty to him.

Which idea "from The Invention of Everything Else" is supported by facts in "Nikola Tesla: The Greatest Inventor of All?"?

• Tesla did not get along with children his own age.

• Tesla's ideas were used by other inventors, and they received the credit.

• Tesla used insects and animals as inspiration for his work.

• Tesla used storms as inspiration for his work.