Studies Weekly 5th Science Week 8 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 17 Public

Technology past and present

Study Slideshow

Should inventors keep accurate records?

No

Yes

5

Did Thomas Edison invent a horse powered minbus?

Yes

No

5

Did Thomas Edison develop the equation E=MC squared?

Yes

No

5

Before his was five years old Albert Einstein...

learned to play the violin

designed an airplane

could read and write in 4 different languages

developed the Theory of Relativity

10

Because of advances in science and technology in the past 150 years American's can expect to live?

78 years

98 years

88 years

68 years

10

Which of the following helped the Ancient Egyptians move large blocks of stone?

ramp (incline)

lever

screws

wedge

10

Which of the following is NOT something that advances in technology can help people do?

Solve probelms

Improve communication

Make work easier

Grow taller

10

Which of the following simple machines can double the amount of load being lifted with the same amount of force?

A lever

A ramp

A pully

A wedge

10

Who invented the simple counting machine called an abacus?

Americans

Romans

Chinese

Greeks

15

Early computers contained lighted tubes which attracted bug that would crawl inside. That is how we get the term 'bugs' with computer problems.

True

False

5

Computer viruses are programs that interfere with computer operations.

False

True

5

To make an invention you need to establish an 'invention date'.

True

False

5

To make an invention you need detailed drawings of your invention.

False

True

5

Albert Einstein was not afraid to ask....

for money.

for ice cream.

questions.

for horses.

10

Albert Einstein realized that 'photons' or particles of light existed.

False

True

5

U.S. inventors have designed a car that can get over 600 miles per gallon.

True

False

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