Science, Inventors and Inventions Quiz

Before the invention of printing, manuscripts ... by hand.

• is written

• are wrote

• is wrote

• were written

The telescope... by Galileo.

• was invent

• was invented

• were invent

• were invented

Match the word with their definition: an achievement

• an amusement park based on a single subject

• something important or successful that you have done

• amazing, worth remembering

• human beings in general

• something that is shown, especially in a museum

Complete the text with the name of the corresponding invention and discovery: The world’s first practical four-wheeled ... that was powered by a gasoline engine was designed and built in 1885 by Karl Benz. But the first cars were mass-produced by Henry Ford, after he introduced his Model T in 1910, which was the first affordable car.

• the television set

• the automobile

• the atomic bomb

• DNA

• the washing machine

Match the word with the definition: meteorology

• is the study of the way in which languages works.

• is the science of life. it deals with a great variety life forms

• deals with the scientific observation and study of the phenomena of the weather and climate

• science about the earth, including the origin and history of rocks

Choose the correct item. All the verbs in brackets are in the Past Simple Passive. In 1996 a sheep called ‘Dolly’ ... (clone) by British scientists from a single cell that ... (take) from a six-year-old female sheep.

• was clone, was take

• was cloned, was taken

• was cloned, was take

• was clone, was taken

It is a large container that uses electricity to keep food cold.

• a thermos

• an oven

• a cellar

• a fridge

Choose the correct variant: Many discoverers and __________ were popular in the 19 century.

• inventions

• inventors

• invent

• invented

It is a portable personal computer that is small enough to be carried around and used where you are sitting. They are folded shut for transportation, and thus are suitable for mobile use.

• a tablet

• a laptop

• a mobile phone

• a cell phone

Nowadays lots of cars ... (to produce) all over the world.

• was produced

• is produced

• are produce

• are produced