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Invention Reading

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

when did the Egyptians build huge pyramids?

a)

around the year 2500 BC

b)

around the year 1500 BC

c)

around the year 2000 BC

d)

around the year 500 BC

2.

How old is The Great Pyramid of Giza?

a)

2,800 years

b)

3,800 years

c)

3,850 years

d)

2,805 years

3.

What did they use to push up the big stone from the ground?

a)

lever

b)

wheel and axel

c)

ramps

d)

wedges

4.

According to the article, what do people use to lift building materials today?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

Which pictures below are NOT example of ramps?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

Who is the inventor of Lever?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Thomas Alfa Edison

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Picaso

7.

Lever helps us lift ....

a)

heavy object

b)

light object

c)

medium object

8.

Which invention is NOT lever?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

Where does Archimedes come from?

a)

Greek

b)

Egypt

c)

Germany

d)

New Zealander

10.

Where was screw first used?

a)

German

b)

Greece

c)

British

d)

Australia

11.

The screw was used to move heavy object by …. them around in a circle.

a)

pulling

b)

rotating

c)

pushing

d)

lifting

12.

What the wheel first used for?

a)

food

b)

lifting

c)

transportation

13.

When the wheel was used?

a)

around 3000 BC

b)

around 3200 BC

c)

around 3100 BC

d)

around 300BC

14.

Where did the wheel first use?

a)

Greece

b)

Germany

c)

England

d)

Mesopotamia

15.

Which invention is wheel and axles?

a)
b)
c)
d)