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Science and Technology

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. What year was the world’s first mobile phone handset released for sale?

a)

1983

b)

1979

c)

1991

d)

2001

2.

How many computer languages are in use?

a)

5000

b)

20

c)

50

d)

2000

3.

Which civilization developed the following: seismological detectors, matches, paper, sliding calipers and wheel borrow.

a)

Egyptians

b)

Indians

c)

Chinese

d)

Islam

4.

A meteor would burn up more rapidly in the atmosphere of Mars than it would passing through the Earth’s atmosphere.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The launching of which naval vessel started a race to produce turbine-powered “all-big-gun” warships?

a)

Dreadnought

b)

Bismarck

c)

Yamamoto

d)

Missouri

6.

Which two aeronautical engineers, serving opposing sides during World War II, independently invented the jet engine?

a)

Aleksandr Yakovlev and Wernher von Braun

b)

Leroy Randle Grumman and Ernst Heinrich Heinkel

c)

Geoffrey de Havilland and Willy Messerschmitt

d)

Frank Whittle and Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain

7.

Who invented flexible photographic film?

a)

George Eastman

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Linda Eastman

d)

Louis Daguerre

8.

What does fiber optic cable resemble, in terms of size?

a)

Pipeline

b)

Bamboo

c)

human hair

d)

Telephone wire

9.

In 1959, the U.S.S.R. launched a rocket with two of which animals aboard?

a)

Dogs

b)

Pigs

c)

Cats

d)

Monkeys

10.

What two countries agreed to develop the Concorde jet in 1962?

a)

Spain And Russia

b)

Britain And France

c)

USA And France

d)

Portugal And France

11.

Who were the first two people ever to walk on the moon?

a)

David Scot And James Irwin

b)

Pete Conrad And Alan Bear

c)

Neil Armstrong And Buzz Aldrin

d)

Alan Shepard And Edgar Mitchell

12.

In 2007, a three-year study concluded what about global warming?

a)

It's Likely Caused By Humans

b)

It Will Benefit Human Society

c)

It's Primarily Caused By Nature

d)

It Is Not Occurring

13.

Lithium was approved by the FDA in 1970 for the treatment of what kind of depression?

a)

Psychotic Depression

b)

Dysthymia

c)

Manic Depression

d)

Major Depression

14.

Which comet had its closest approach to Earth in 1997?

a)

Hyakutake

b)

Halley's Comet

c)

Comet Encke

d)

Hale-Bopp