Practice: inventions through history
Practica lo que acabas de ver con preguntas interactivas.
Las preguntas de esta práctica
Puedes leerlas antes de empezar, hacerlas en un papel o repasarlas después. Cada una tiene su solución explicada.
- 1 · Invention or discovery
What is a discovery?
Compare it with an invention.
- a) Finding something that has always existed
- b) Making something completely new
- c) A kind of machine
- d) An old computer
Ver la solución
Respuesta: a) Finding something that has always existed
A discovery is finding something that was already there; an invention is something new that people make.
- 2 · Match
Is it an invention or a discovery?
Made or found?
- The aeroplane
- Gravity
- The light bulb
- X-rays
- a) Discovery
- b) Discovery
- c) Invention
- d) Invention
Ver la solución
Respuesta: The aeroplane → Invention · Gravity → Discovery · The light bulb → Invention · X-rays → Discovery
Aeroplanes and light bulbs were made by people; gravity and X-rays were already there to be found.
- 3 · Inventors
Who made the first aeroplane flight in 1903?
Two brothers.
- a) The Wright brothers
- b) Thomas Edison
- c) Isaac Newton
- d) Henry Ford
Ver la solución
Respuesta: a) The Wright brothers
The Wright brothers flew the first aeroplane in 1903.
- 4 · Inventors
Before the light bulb, how did people light their homes?
Think before 1879.
- a) With candles and oil lamps
- b) With torches with batteries
- c) With the TV
- d) They didn't need light
Ver la solución
Respuesta: a) With candles and oil lamps
People used candles and oil lamps until Thomas Edison's light bulb.
- 5 · The compass
Drag the country where the compass was invented
About 2,000 years ago.
the compass → ____
Fichas: China · Spain · Mexico · Egypt
Ver la solución
Respuesta: China
The compass was invented in China. Before it, people used landmarks to find their way.
- 6 · Improvements
How have computers changed since the first ones?
Think about size and speed.
- a) They are smaller, faster and more connected
- b) They are bigger and slower
- c) They don't use electricity
- d) They haven't changed
Ver la solución
Respuesta: a) They are smaller, faster and more connected
Modern computers are much smaller, faster and more powerful, and connected to each other.
- 7 · Ages of history
Match each invention with its age
Use the timeline.
- The plough and the abacus
- The printing press
- The steam engine
- Smartphones
- a) Ancient History
- b) Current Age
- c) Early Modern Age
- d) Modern Age
Ver la solución
Respuesta: The plough and the abacus → Ancient History · The printing press → Early Modern Age · The steam engine → Modern Age · Smartphones → Current Age
Ancient History → Early Modern Age → Modern Age → Current Age.
- 8 · Printing
Why was the printing press so important?
Think about books.
- a) Books could be made quickly, so more people learnt to read
- b) It made cars faster
- c) It lit people's homes
- d) It was the first computer
Ver la solución
Respuesta: a) Books could be made quickly, so more people learnt to read
With printing, books and newspapers became common and more people learnt to read.
- 9 · The Industrial Revolution
Which invention started the Industrial Revolution?
Modern Age, 1789.
- a) The steam engine
- b) The wheel
- c) The smartphone
- d) The compass
Ver la solución
Respuesta: a) The steam engine
The steam engine started the Industrial Revolution.
- 10 · Prehistory
Which technology did people have in Prehistory?
The very first age.
- a) Fire and simple stone tools
- b) Printing presses
- c) Steam trains
- d) Personal computers
Ver la solución
Respuesta: a) Fire and simple stone tools
In Prehistory people learnt to control fire and made simple tools and weapons.
¿Dudas con los deberes?
Pregunta en nuestro grupo de familias y profes de Primaria. Compartimos trucos, fichas y ejercicios.