VI CBSE Physics MOTION AND MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCE

The early years of ___ saw the development of aeroplanes

• 2000

• 1900

• 1800

• 1700

The design of the wheel was improved over _____ of years.

• ten

• hundred

• thousand

Animals were used to pull carts that moved on ____

• tires

• wheels

• road

People measured a ____ of cloth by the distance between the end of the outstretched arm and their chin

• feet

• yard

• meter

A ___ as the length from the elbow to the finger tips was used in ancient Egypt

• cubit

• yard

• meter

____ was also accepted as a unit of length in other parts of the world

• cubit

• yard

• meter

In ancient India, small length measurements used were an ______ or a mutthi (fist).

• cubit (elbow)

• angul (finger)

• mutthi (fist)

In ancient India, small length measurements used were an angul (finger) or a ____.

• cubit (elbow)

• mutthi (fist)

• mutthi (fist)

The people of the _____ civilization must have used very good measurements of length

• Ancient Egypt

• Indus valley

• Maya Civilization

In 1790, the French created a standard unit of measurement called the ______

• metric system

• standard system

• cubit system