Thomas Edison Biography and Inventions
Reading comprehension quiz about Thomas Edison's life, inventions, and achievements
Questions
- Thomas Edison's relocated to ______ with his family.
Thomas Edison was born on 11th February in 1847 in Ohio. In his childhood his family shifted to Michigan. He was facing a tough time in school and struggled. Thus, he studied at home from his mother. At 15 he became a ‘tramp telegrapher’. His profile included sending and receiving messages via an electronically-conveyed alphabet called morse code,using different clicks for each letter. Edison was curious about the functioning of things. He used to disassemble things to understand how they worked. Quite obviously,he decided to become an inventor. In 1870, Edison improved the functioning of stock ticker and soon formed a company where he sold stock tickers. Thereafter, he began working on telegraph. He invented a new type of telegraph which could send four messages at once.
In 1877 Edison invented a Phonograph which was an instrument that recorded and played back different sounds. Edison invented the world\'s first talking doll.
- Ohio
- Michigan
- Britain
- America
- Calcutta
What best describes morse code?
- A language for deaf people
- A system of clicks
- A system of clicks that stand for words
- A system of clicks that stand for letters
- An electronically conveyed message
What happened last?
Thomas Edison was born on 11th February in 1847 in Ohio. In his childhood his family shifted to Michigan. He was facing a tough time in school and struggled. Thus, he studied at home from his mother. At 15 he became a ‘tramp telegrapher’. His profile included sending and receiving messages via an electronically-conveyed alphabet called morse code,using different clicks for each letter. Edison was curious about the functioning of things. He used to disassemble things to understand how they worked. Quite obviously,he decided to become an inventor. In 1870, Edison improved the functioning of stock ticker and soon formed a company where he sold stock tickers. Thereafter, he began working on telegraph. He invented a new type of telegraph which could send four messages at once.
In 1877 Edison invented a Phonograph which was an instrument that recorded and played back different sounds. Edison invented the world\'s first talking doll.
- Thomas Edison relocated
- Thomas Edison invented a doll
- Thomas Edison moved to Ohio
- Thomas Edison invented telegraph.
- Tomas Edison set up his factory.
A Phonograph is best described as____.
Thomas Edison was born on 11th February in 1847 in Ohio. In his childhood his family shifted to Michigan. He was facing a tough time in school and struggled. Thus, he studied at home from his mother. At 15 he became a ‘tramp telegrapher’. His profile included sending and receiving messages via an electronically-conveyed alphabet called morse code,using different clicks for each letter. Edison was curious about the functioning of things. He used to disassemble things to understand how they worked. Quite obviously,he decided to become an inventor. In 1870, Edison improved the functioning of stock ticker and soon formed a company where he sold stock tickers. Thereafter, he began working on telegraph. He invented a new type of telegraph which could send four messages at once. In 1877 Edison invented a Phonograph which was an instrument that recorded and played back different sounds. Edison invented the world\\\'s first talking doll.
- A microphone
- A walkie talkie
- A record player
- A video player
- A television
What was Thomas Edison's first invention?
Thomas Edison was born on 11th February in 1847 in Ohio. In his childhood his family shifted to Michigan. He was facing a tough time in school and struggled. Thus, he studied at home from his mother. At 15 he became a ‘tramp telegrapher’. His profile included sending and receiving messages via an electronically-conveyed alphabet called morse code,using different clicks for each letter. Edison was curious about the functioning of things. He used to disassemble things to understand how they worked. Quite obviously,he decided to become an inventor. In 1870, Edison improved the functioning of stock ticker and soon formed a company where he sold stock tickers. Thereafter, he began working on telegraph. He invented a new type of telegraph which could send four messages at once.
In 1877 Edison invented a Phonograph which was an instrument that recorded and played back different sounds. Edison invented the world\'s first talking doll.
- Inventing an improved stock ticker
- Inventing the telegraph
- Inventing the talking doll
- None of the above
- All of the above