Alexander Graham Bell: a Life in Science

Questions

1. Sequence Which of these happened first?

   Bell began teaching deaf students in Boston Bell helped equip ambulances with X-ray machines to treat soldiers in World War I Bell moved with his parents to Canada Bell received a patent for the telephone
2. Sequence Which of these happened last?

   Bell began teaching deaf students in Boston Bell moved with his parents to Canada Bell received a patent for the telephone Bell helped start the National Geographic Society
3. Details In what year did this happen? "Bell received a patent for the telephone."

   1876 1870 1869 1886
4. Timeline math How many years passed between these two events? First: "Bell moved with his parents to Canada." Later: "He began teaching deaf students in Boston."

   1 4 2 11
5. Vocabulary In the passage, what does "patent" mean?

   designing and building aircraft and spacecraft a legal document that says an invention belongs to the person who made it an injury to the skin caused by heat, chemicals or electricity the force that pulls objects toward each other
6. Character traits Which word best describes Alexander Graham Bell?

   bored careless dedicated forgetful
7. Evidence Which detail from the passage shows that Bell was dedicated?

   His mother and wife were deaf, and he spent his life studying sound and teaching deaf students. As a child he collected plants and became known as the 'plant doctor' for helping sick plants grow. He questioned why objects fall and why the Moon stays in the sky. He tested every idea with experiments, even when the results surprised everyone.
8. Main idea What is this passage mostly about?

   the life and work of Marie Curie the life and work of Jane Goodall the life and work of Alexander Graham Bell how to become a scientist
9. Text structure How does the author organize the middle of the passage?

   as a problem and its solution by comparing two people in time order, from earlier events to later ones as a list of steps to follow

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