Year 4: Inventions that changed the world

What does invent mean?

• To find or see something before anyone else.

• To think of, make, or create something new.

• To let someone borrow money.

• The opposite or reverse of something.

What does discover mean?

• To find or see something before anyone else.

• To think of, make, or create something new.

• To remove the cover from something.

• To put something over or on top of something else.

What is an inventor?

• Someone that builds houses.

• A person who gives money to people so they can start a business.

• Someone who creates, thinks of or makes new things.

• An animal doctor.

Who invented the aeroplane?

• Santos Dumont

• Thomas Edison

• Ts'ai Lun

• The Wright Brothers

Which of these things was invented first?

• Telephone
• Home Computer

• Internet
• Television

Which of these was invented most recently?

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What does the word 'impact' mean?

• The time order things happen.

• The way things are organised (in time or in a space).

• When something starts to happen.

• Something that has a strong and powerful effect.

  The student's speech had a big impact who became class form captain.

What is chronology?

• The time order things happen.

• How things are organised (in time or in a space).

• Time moving backwards.

• Something that has a strong and powerful effect.

  The student's speech had a big impact who became class form captain.

Which one of these things is a discovery?

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Which one of these things is an invention?

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