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Inventors

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Alexander Graham Bell was a famous....

a)

baseball player

b)

inventor

c)

singer

2.

Alexander Graham Bell invented the...

a)

telephone

b)

light bulb

c)

bifocals

3.

How old was Alexander when he made his first invention?

a)

five

b)

fifteen

c)

twelve

4.

Alexander Graham Bell's first invention was...

a)

the telephone

b)

a device that separated wheat kernels from husks easily

c)

an airplane

5.

Alexander Graham Bell became a teacher of deaf students just like his father.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

One of Alexander Graham Bell's students was...

a)

Helen Keller

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

7.

Alexander Graham Bell invented all of the following except...

a)

telephone

b)

metal detector

c)

lightening rod

d)

hydrofoil boat

8.

Alexander Graham Bell was interested in....

a)

electricity

b)

cooking

c)

how people communicate

9.

Alexander Graham Bell built a plane with...

a)

special wings covered in cloth

b)

a fast engine

c)

no engine

10.

Alexander Graham Bell enjoyed finding ways to make __________ faster and easier.

a)

cars

b)

communication

c)

cooking

11.

Thomas Edison was a famous...

a)

baseball player

b)

inventor

c)

chef

12.

Thomas Edison invented the __________.

a)

bifocals

b)

lightening rod

c)

light bulb

13.

Thomas Edison invented all of the following except?

a)

light bulb

b)

copy machine

c)

automobile

d)

phonograph

14.

When Thomas Edison was twelve, he sold newspapers and food on a train.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

When Thomas Edison was young, he set up a small _______ in one of the train cars.

a)

laboratory

b)

kitchen

c)

game room

16.

Thomas Edison is know as __________________.

a)

the father of our country

b)

a teacher

c)

one of the greatest american inventors

17.

Thomas Edison learned to _______________.

a)

send and receive telegraph messages

b)

paint

c)

play the guitar

18.

Thomas Edison was not a curious child.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, movie camera, and copy machine.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

As a child, Thomas Edison loved to _____________.

a)

do experiments

b)

play the guitar

c)

play baseball