Industrial Revolution Lifestyle and Technology Quiz
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Who was the first person to take a photograph?

  • Thomas Edison
  • Henry Ford
  • Joseph Nicephore Niepce (correct)
  • Alexander Graham Bell

Who is known for inventing the telephone?

  • Thomas Edison
  • Alexander Graham Bell (correct)
  • Joseph Nicephore Niepce
  • Henry Ford

Which pair of brothers are credited with inventing the airplane?

  • Orville Wright and Alessandro Volta
  • Wilbur Wright and Henry Ford
  • Wilbur Wright and Michael Faraday
  • Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (correct)

Which scientist is associated with the invention of the phonograph?

<p>Thomas Edison (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What geological period does the term 'Anthropocene' refer to?

<p>Quaternary (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who invented the cotton gin, revolutionizing the textile industry?

<p>Eli Whitney (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which invention facilitated advancements in locomotives and textile machines?

<p>Steam Engine (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is credited with the invention of sulfuric acid, leading to various industrial applications?

<p>John Roebuck (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which inventor patented a chemical process for making Portland cement?

<p>Joseph Aspdin (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who opened the first commercial canning factory in England in 1813?

<p>John Hall and Bryan Dorkin (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which invention impacted agriculture by displacing hand threshing?

<p>Threshing Machine (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What event marked the beginning of the Anthropocene age?

<p>First nuclear weapon detonated in New Mexico (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which human activity has had the biggest impact on the nitrogen cycle for 2.5 billion years?

<p>Use of fertilizers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the clear sign of the Anthropocene era according to the text?

<p>Sediments containing plastics (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which country pioneered the chemical industry?

<p>Germany (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the Manhattan Project?

<p>A research and development project that led to nuclear weapons (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Michio Kaku refer to as 'wildcards'?

<p>&quot;Troubling and unnerving possibilities&quot; related to technology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of Metaphysics?

<p>Understanding the nature of reality (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which branch of philosophy deals with the nature of existence?

<p>Ontology (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Great Chain of Being?

<p>A concept suggesting that God is at the top of a hierarchical universe (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Epistemology focus on?

<p>The nature of knowledge (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Multiverse Theory propose?

<p>Existence of multiple interconnected universes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does String Theory suggest about human beings?

<p>Composed of vibrations that connect with each other (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What aspect of measurement assesses how consistently a method measures something?

<p>Test-Test Reliability (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of reliability deals with consistency across time?

<p>Test-Retest Reliability (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a measurement method that appears to measure the item it is intended to measure?

<p>Construct Validity (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of validity ensures that the measure actually measures what it is intended to measure?

<p>Construct Validity (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When results correspond to other valid measures of the same concept, it is an indicator of which type of validity?

<p>Criterion Validity (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect of measurement covers all aspects of the concepts being measured?

<p>Content Validity (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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