Unit 10 Lesson 39.7 Key Inventions

What is the function of a microscope?

• To make small objects appear larger
• To observe the movement of bacteria
• To measure atmospheric pressure
• To measure temperature

Who was the first person to see bacteria?

• Galileo Galilei
• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
• Evangelista Torricelli
• Isaac Newton

What does a barometer measure?

• Changes in atmospheric pressure
• Changes in humidity
• Changes in wind speed
• Changes in temperature

Who invented the barometer?

• Evangelista Torricelli
• Isaac Newton
• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
• Galileo Galilei

What did Evangelista Torricelli fill the glass tube of the barometer with?

• Mercury
• Oil
• Air
• Water

Who made thermometers more accurate?

• Isaac Newton
• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
• Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
• Galileo Galilei

What did Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit put in the glass tube of his thermometer?

• Oil
• Mercury
• Water
• Air

What did the height of the mercury in Fahrenheit's thermometer provide a measure of?

• Atmospheric pressure
• Humidity
• Temperature
• Wind speed

What did Fahrenheit design?

• A new temperature scale
• A new thermometer
• A new barometer
• A new microscope

What temperature scale do we use in the United States?

• Rankine
• Celsius
• Fahrenheit
• Kelvin