Question
Read the sentence from paragraph 2 of "The Industrial Revolution."
This device transmitted messages across the country in a fraction of the time that it took to send a letter.
The word "transmitted" includes the Latin prefix trans-, which means "across," and the Latin root mit, which means "to send." What does the word transmitted mean?
A.
built up
B.
left behind
C.
passed along
This device transmitted messages across the country in a fraction of the time that it took to send a letter.
The word "transmitted" includes the Latin prefix trans-, which means "across," and the Latin root mit, which means "to send." What does the word transmitted mean?
A.
built up
B.
left behind
C.
passed along
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The word "transmitted" means "passed along." So the correct answer is:
C. passed along
C. passed along