KIDS QUIZ
FAMOUS INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
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Thomas Edison
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Alexander Graham Bell
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George Washington Carver
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Wright Brothers
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Detailed explanation-1: -Agricultural chemist George Washington Carver developed crop-rotation methods for conserving nutrients in soil and discovered hundreds of new uses for crops such as the peanut and sweet potato. Born of enslaved parents in Diamond Grove, Missouri, Carver received his early education in Missouri and Kansas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dr. Carver and others encouraged farmers to restore nitrogen to their soils through systematic crop rotation – helping the region to recover.
Detailed explanation-3: -George Washington Carver (1860s–1943) studied crop-rotation methods in the United States, teaching southern farmers to rotate soil-depleting crops like cotton with soil-enriching crops like peanuts and peas.
Detailed explanation-4: -In all, he developed 300 products from peanuts and 118 from sweet potatoes, in addition to new products from waste materials including recycled oil, and paints and stains from clay. Carver is best known for his research into alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.