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Edison
Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison
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Science
4th Grade
01/31/2013

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What were the names and professions of Edison's parents?
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Sam owned a mill that made wood shingles and Nancy was a teacher.
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What was his order in terms of his siblings?
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He was the youngest of 7 children.
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What was the first experiment Edison did?
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He made a nest of eggs and would sit on them to see if they would hatch.
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What happened to the Edison's barn?
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Thomas accidentally burned it to the ground and was punished in the town square.
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How was Thomas' health?
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He was very sickly and even got scarlet fever. He was later deaf.
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What was the name of Thomas' mean teacher?
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Reverend Engle
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What happened when the Grand Trunk Railroad came through town?
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Thomas got a job at the age of 12 being a candy butcher- selling candy, fruit and newspapers.
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Where did Thomas set up his laboratory?
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The baggage car of the train.
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In 1862 what did Thomas buy and use on the train?
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A printing press to print up the Weekly Herald.
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The father of the boy that Thomas saved, taught him what valuable skill?
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Telegraphy
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When Thomas moved to New York what types of jobs did he do?
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He would work with building and fixing telegraph equipment that would send up to the minute stock prices.
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What 2 big telegraphy inventions did Edison make?
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1. Automatic telegraph system (didn't need a telegrapher)
2. Quadruples (sent 4 messages at once)
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Who did Edison get a job for at Gold and Stock Company?
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Mary Stilwell, she was 16. (yes Christina...he was 24)
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What were the names of his 3 children?
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Marion, Thomas Jr., and William
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What nickname did Edison get when he moved to New Jersey?
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The Wizard of Menlo Park
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What 3 big inventions/improvements did Edison make while in New Jersey?
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1. Improved Bell's phone
2. Phonograph (record player)
3. Light bulb
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When did Edison invent the light bulb?
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1878
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"Genius is one percent _______, 99 percent ______".
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inspiration, perspiration
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How did his wife Mary die?
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Typhoid fever
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Who was Edison's 2nd wife?
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Mina Miller
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What were Edison and Mina's children's names?
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Madeline, Charles, Theodore
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Edison invented what movie items in 1903?
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A movie camera and a projector
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What were the first 2 movies to tell a story?
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The Life of an American Fireman and The Great Train Robbery
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What other inventions did he make toward the end of his career (3)?
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Car Battery, Cement Mixer, and a copying machine
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How many patents did Edison receive?
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1,093 (the most of any other inventor)
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How did Edison die?
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Diabetes and ulcers at the age of 84.
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What did people do as a show of support when Edison was buried?
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They all turned their lights off at 10.
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How many of his siblings died at a young age (not ever of course they're all dead now)?
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2 died before he was born and one died the year he was born.
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What did Edison nickname his 2 oldest children?
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Dot and Dash
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Mina's father was of what profession?
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Inventor
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