Benchmark Unit 5 Week 1 Vocabulary

to successfully start or make something that did not exist before

• established

• revolutionary

• distant

• sound waves

vibrating forms of energy that cause our ears to send signals to our brains to create sound

• established

• revolutionary

• telegraph

• sound waves

A device that used electrical signals to send messages quickly over long distances

• patent

• revolutionary

• telegraph

• established

a government grant that gives someone the right to make, use, or sell an invention

• patent

• sound waves

• telegraph

• distant

far away

• patent

• sound waves

• telegraph

• distant

creating or leading to great change

• patent

• revolutionary

• telegraph

• distant