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WorksheetsJames Watt
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 16mins
James Watt was born in Greenock.
True
False
James Watt's mom taught him reading and music.
True
False
When he was a teenager he interested in making instruments.
True
False
He believed that steam has the power to move objects.
True
False
The early steam engine was used to pump ______ out of coal mines.
water
petrol
oil
Who invented the first steam-engine in 1712?
James Watt
Thomas Newcomen
Galilei Galileo
What class of people increased their structure and wealth during the Industrial Revolution?
Working class
Middle class
None of these
What nationality was James Watt?
Scottish
Chinese
British
A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.
Corporation
Cartel
Factory
Who's version of the steam-engine did James Watt improve to make the modern steam-engine?
Thomas Newcomen
Boulton
John Anderson
When did the Industrial Revolution occur in Britain?
during the seventeenth century
during the eighteenth century
during the nineteenth century
Who offered James Watt a partnership and also agreed to pay for all the materials for the new steam-engine in 1774?
James Hargreaves
John Kay
Matthew Boulton
How do you think steam works in the Steam Engine?
The coal heats the water which creates steam that pushes the plunger which makes the wheels turn.
The wheels turn when the coal heats them.
The water heats the coal which creates steam that pushes the plunger which makes the wheels turn.
What did George Stephenson invent in 1829?
Motor car
Train
Rocket
What illness did James Watt have in his childhood?
(a)
James was honored with the offer of a (a) in 1814.
Who asked James to repair steam-engine?
Thomas Newcomen
John Anderson
Dr. Black
When Boulton met James Watt, he realized that he had met a (a) .
James made a number of friends in the University, especially among
the (a) .
(a) Revolution made great changes in industry and in the
ways of making things.
Who asked James to repair an organ?
Dr. Black
John Anderson
George Stephenson
James had invented a measurement for _______.
steam
power
area
Geoge Stephenson designed the first successful steam motor-vehicle, or railway train.
True
False
Who helped James to get a patent for his steam-engine?
His father
Boulton
Thomas Newcomen
James met a man called Boulton, who had a big (a) near Birmingham.
