Inventors Who Changed the World

What inspired Kai Loon to invent paper?

• Watching birds build nests

• Observing wasps make their nests

• Reading ancient scrolls

• Studying fish in the river

What was Johannes Gutenberg's major contribution to the world?

• Developing the first computer

• Creating the first printing press

• Inventing the first camera

• Designing the first airplane

What was Leonardo da Vinci's greatest tool?

• A microscope

• A typewriter

• A paintbrush

• A telescope

What problem did Thomas Edison solve with his invention?

• Creating a faster mode of transportation

• Finding a way to light homes without gas lamps

• Inventing a machine to print books

• Developing a new type of communication device

What did Louis Pasteur discover using his microscope?

• Atoms

• Germs

• Bacteria

• Viruses

What element did Marie Curie discover?

• Radium

• Plutonium

• Thorium

• Uranium

What inspired the Wright brothers to invent the airplane?

• A kite

• A paper plane

• A bird's flight

• A toy helicopter

What was Grace Murray Hopper's significant achievement in computer science?

• Inventing the first computer

• Creating a programming language for room-sized computers

• Developing the internet

• Designing the first smartphone