Now and Ben Test

What does the word INVENTION mean?

• original ideas people come up with

• to plant a flower

• to copy someone's ideas

• to own a business

What does the word ACCOMPLISHMENTS mean?

• to always win

• to finish something all the way

• to be right all the time

• to study

Ben was the first to......

• get his hair cut

• invent a roller coaster

• print a political cartoon in America

• travel to England

Match the following

• makes high and low sounds

• wooden flippers

• helped prevent scurvy

• The Grabber

• tell how many miles your car has gone

• odometer

• helped him be a better swimmer

• glass armonica

• helps to reach things

• vitamin C

Why do we have daylights savings time according to Benjamin Franklin?

• everyone needs another hour sleep

• clocks are set that way

• helps the farmers get more daylight

• we go to school longer

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Documents Ben helped with

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(b) Things Ben didn't help with

• Treaty of Alliance with France

• Pledge of Allegiance

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Treaty of the United States

• America's Constitution

What does remarkable mean?

• outstanding

• sport's player

• rough

• hard to get

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Words to describe Ben Franklin

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(b) Words that don't describe Ben Franklin

• lazy

• famous

• still alive

• no job

• smart

• hard worker

• not important

• inventor

What invention helped saved many houses from catching on fire?

• lightening rod

• tornado siren

• fire alarm

• electricity

Which 3 departments did Ben Franklin say needed to be in almost every large community?

• restaurants

• hospital

• post office

• fire department