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Inventors and Innovators

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which innovator invented the bag less vacuum cleaner?

a)

James Dyson

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Henry Hoover

d)

Thomas Edison

2.

Where did Dyson move his manufacturing factory too?

a)

Wales

b)

France

c)

Egypt

d)

Malaysia

3.

What are the advantages of electric cars?

a)

Pollution, cheaper, use lots of petrol

b)

Less Pollution, Quieter, Cheaper to run

c)

Easier on the environment, Electricity is cheaper than petrol, Maintenance is cheaper

d)

They have no advantages

4.

What are the disadvantages of electric cars?

a)

They have short ranges, recharging takes a while, large initial investment, charging stations are unavailable in lots of places

b)

Expensive, Charge easily, lots of charging points

c)

They are the most dangerous inventions on the earth

d)

They cause more pollution than combustion engine cars

5.

What language does the word 'Electricus' belong to?

a)

French

b)

Greek

c)

Latin

d)

Welsh

6.

What did Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment prove?

a)

He found out that lightning was electrical

b)

He got the shock of his life!

c)

Benjamin loved storms

d)

It helped him find his keys!

7.

What two scientific words come from Alessandro Volta' innovations?

a)

Shocking and electricus

b)

Volley and Ball

c)

Vaulting and jumping

d)

Volt and Voltage

8.

What did Thomas Edison invent?

a)

The first plant bulb

b)

Circus acts

c)

The first light bulb

d)

The first telephone

9.

Who was the innovator that inspired Michael Faraday?

a)

Mr Evans

b)

Volta

c)

The Ancient Greeks

d)

Lewis Latimer

10.

What did the Ancient Greeks mistake rubbing amber for?

a)

They thought it magnetism instead of static electricity.

b)

They thought it would create fire.

c)

They believed that they had invented the first lightbulbs