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Invention
Discovery
Industrial Revolution
100
This inventor drew wacky cartoons with many steps for simple tasks.
Rube Goldberg
100
Define discovery
A discovery is made when something that naturally occurs is first noticed.
100
When was the Industrial Revolution?
1750-1850
200
People who use the invention process are known as _______.
Inventors
200
Scientists and researchers often make what discoveries?
Scientific discoveries
200
What started the Industrial Revolution?
The steam engine
300
Who is an inventor who lacked the discoveries he/she needed. HINT: He/she drew plans for many of todays inventions.
Leonardo da Vinci
300
Discovery is a word that is often confused with __________.
Invention
300
Name at least two inventions that were in the Industrial Revolution.
The steam engine, the telegraph
400
What are the five steps in the invention process?
Identify the problem, collect information, think creatively, experiment, review.
400
Who is the famous scientist that discovered the laws of gravity?
Isaac Newton
400
After the Industrial Revolution was the ____________.
Information age
500
Who invented games such as The game of Life, simon says, Clue, etc.
Milton Bradley
500
What did the Mongoflier brothers discover in 1783?
That a balloon filled with hot air would rise
500
Name at least two inventions in the Information Age
Vacuum tubes, transmitters, T.V. ,the telephone