Waterwheel related
Did waterwheels come before or after Steam engines?
(what does it mean to be) Before steam engines.
How does coal power a steam engine?
(What is it called when) Burning coal releases lots of heat, which is used to boil water into steam, which is then pressurized and used to power a piston.
How was access to coal useful to industrialization?
(how can) coal was (or be) useful because of its high burning temperature leading to the prospect of steam engines to be profitable.
How does specifically the burning of coal later affect the global scape even in modern day?
(How does) the burning of coal, a fossil fuel, release(s) CO2 as a byproduct and greenhouse gas which later due to large scale power production lead to considerable temperature increase on a global stage
Please name 2 ways in which waterways were important to the development of Industrialisation
1.(How do waterways provide) More access to moving produced goods and input goods to and from factories (trade)
2. (How do waterways provide) Power for waterwheels (in the early stages of industrialization)
How much did the factories of the industrial revolution increase production in Great Britain through the start of 1750 to the end of 1900?
50x
or
5000%
A waterwheel can be defined as...
(What is) a wheel with buckets that uses a stream's energy and harnesses it's energy and transforms it into rotational energy to power mechanisms
Name 2 geographic reasons why Great Britain was the first nation to industrialize?
Give 2 examples in which Steam engines were used for transportation
(What are) Trains and Steam boats
What was the main reason that Steam engines were superior to waterwheels for factories?
(how do) steam engines allow for the movement of factories away from the river banks and into the countryside allowing for the development of urban areas not localized around rivers.
A Factory uses many different mechanisms. Please name at least 2 and define them.
Spinning Jenny-uses strings or yarn to weave fabrics far more efficiently than a human.
Cotton gin-separates cotton and seeds from the pod
Power source-Waterwheels or Steam Engines used to spin a axel that powers these simple machines
How were steam engines useful for warfare?
1)(how can) Steam engines could be placed on boats to then be able to sail upriver intruding on the back of forts that had been built with this prospect out of mind.
2)(how can) Steam engines could be placed on boats to then be able to outcompete sailboats and lead to a generally superior naval force