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WorksheetsInventors! Social Studies Quiz (Benchmark Unit 5, 3rd Grade)
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
Who invented the very first telephone?
Alexander the Great!
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Ms. Skuce
Before the telephone was invented, how did people communicate?
Check all that apply!
Text message
Writing letters
Telegraph
Phonograph
Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. What does the phonograph do?
Record sound
Send letters
Keep your lunch cold
Feed your pets
What other inventions did Thomas Edison invent?
Check all that apply!
Television
A pen with a motor
Cars
Light bulbs
What California city still uses cable cars from the 1800s to get up their steep, hilly streets?
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Sacramento
Before the cable car was invented, what animal pulled the San Francisco street cars?
ox
horses
camels
reindeer
True or False?
People can still ride on cable cars in San Francisco today!
True
False
The Gramophone was invented in the late 1880s. What do the Gramophone and the Phonograph have in common?
They were created by the same inventor.
They both record sound and can play music.
They are digital.
The word phonograph means _________________________ in Greek. It's name describes what is does perfectly.
writing sound
calling home
graphing phones
How do people play music today?
Gramophone
Cassette Tape
Vinyl Record
Digital, from the cloud!
True or False?
Inventors all over the world create new inventions to make people's lives better and easier.
True
False
True or False?
Anyone can be an inventor if they have an idea, work hard, and never give up!
True
False
