Edison part 2 Flashcards

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What is a filament

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part of the lightbulb that heats up and gets white-hot

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what is a patent?

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a legal document to say you invented something and no one can copy it

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what is tungsten?

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the metal with good resistance that is used for the filament in a light bulb

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What type of person was Thomas Edison?

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creative and hard working. He liked to invent things to solve people’s problems. He was a practical person

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What strengths did Edison have that helped him be an inventor?

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hard working, imaginative, didn’t give up, read a lot

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How did the world change once electricity was invented?

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more and more devices were invented to use electricity and now we can’t live without it.

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