ReadWorks African American Inventors (Boykins and Lewis)

What are two items that use electricity?

Many things that run on electricity have a part called a/an

Who was the inventor that made resistors better?

• Otis Boykin

• George Washington Carver

• Lewis Latimer

• James West

The ​ (a)   were used in a ​ (b)   called a ​​ (c)   .

• resistors
• machine
• pacemaker

Name two places where a microphone can be found.

The scientist who invented many things related to the microphone was

• James West

• George Washington Carver

• Otis Boykin

• Dr. Mae Jemison

Today, James West works as a ________ and _________.