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1. What new source of power helped to drive the Industrial Revolution?

2. What was the drawback of using a river as power for a factory?

3. What do steam engines boil to create steam for power?

4. What was an advantage of steam power?

5. True or False: Steam power was used in a number of different applications?

6. What term did James Watt use to describe how much power a steam engine could produce?

7. Who invented one of the first useful steam engines in 1712?

8. Which of the following was a practical use for steam engines?

9. Who developed the first commercially successful steamboat operation?

10. True or False: Steam power is used today in both electricity and nuclear power plants.