The Inventors Secret Vocab

Locomotives are the engines that make a train go forward

• True

• False

If a machine chugged along, it moved slowly and noisily

• True

• False

Gadgets are large, generic machines or wooden devices

• False

• True

A phonograph is a machine that plays recorded music or sound

• True

• False

If something sputtered, it worked in a rough or uneven way and made popping noises

• False

• True

If something is a flop, it's a total success!

• True

• False

Something that is incandescent gives off a lot of light

• True

• False

A cylinder has square ends and triangular sides

• False

• True

A patent is a legal document

• True

• False