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Question 1 (1 point)
Why did Thomas Edison's mother pull him out of school?

Question 1 options:

Because she didn't want her son to learn about biology


Because young Thomas's behavior annoyed his teachers


He asked her to, so that he could start his own business


Because she needed him to work on the family farm

Question 2 (1 point)
Edison once said, "Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration." What did he mean?

Question 2 options:

That great ideas are often inspired through exercise


That being a genius is not all it's cracked up to be


That a great idea is useless if you don't have good work habits


That working in the lab all day makes you sweaty

Question 3 (1 point)
How was the telegraph different from the telephone?

Question 3 options:

The telegraph needed wires to transmit messages; the telephone was originally a wireless device


The telephone could transmit a human voice; the telegraph could only transmit electric pulses


The telephone could transmit information over long distances; the telegraph only worked over short distances


The telephone could both send and receive information; the telegraph could only receive information

Question 4 (1 point)
How did Edison's phonograph capture sound?

Question 4 options:

On wax cylinders covered with tinfoil


As bits of digital information


On flat plastic discs


On magnetic tape

Question 5 (1 point)
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What was new about Edison's power distribution system?

Question 5 options:

It allowed every home to have its own telegraph machine


It provided power to remote rural areas


It provided power to people's homes and businesses without wires


It generated power at a central station and distributed it to homes and businesses through wires

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Answer:

1.Because young Thomas's behavior annoyed his teachers

2.That being a genius is not all it's cracked up to be

3.The telegraph needed wires to transmit messages; the telephone was originally a wireless device

4.As bits of digital information

5.It generated power at a central station and distributed it to homes and businesses through wires

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