Inventors
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100

Invented the moving assembly line.

Who is Henry Ford?

100

An official recognition of a new idea.

What is a patent?

100

Put these events in order: Invention of the laser, Invention of the light bulb

What was the invention of the light bulb (1879), invention of the laser (1960)?

100

One practical use for lasers.

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200

Designed the first real car.

Who is Karl Benz?

200

A process to make a product in which each worker does one or two jobs.

What is an assembly line?

200

Put these events in order: invention of the world wide web, invention of the telephone, invention of the radio

What was the invention of the telephone (1876), invention of the radio (1895), invention of the world wide web (1991)

200
The first people to use rockets and what rockets were first used for.

The Chinese used rockets as weapons during war.

300

Invented the telephone.

Who is Alexander Graham Bell?

300

The use of scientific knowledge or tools to make or do something.

What is Technology?

300

Put these events in order: invention of the first electronic computer, invention of peanut products

What was the invention of peanut products (1920s), the invention of the first electronic computer (1945)

300

Accidentally invented when a glass fell onto the floor.

What is safety glass?

400

Invented the first radio.

Who is Guglielmo Marconi?

400

A system of producing large amounts of goods at one time.

What is mass production?

400

Put these events in order: invention of Ford Model T, invention of Benz Automobile

What was the invention of the Benz Automobile (1885), invention of Ford Model T (1908)

400

The difference between electric light and laser light.

Electric light uses many wavelengths and is weaker than laser light which uses only one wavelength.

500
The first to launch a rocket into space.

Who is Robert Goddard?

500

An engine that burns fuel inside of it.

What is the internal combustion engine?

500

An inventor who received more patents than any other person in history.

Who was Thomas Alva Edison?

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