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WorksheetsBTN 2022 Episode 23
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is obsidian?
Marvel character
Natural Glass
Metal
Gas
Obsidian is formed when molten rock from a volcano cools slowly.
True
False
The main ingredients in making glass is heat and ____.
Sand
Metal
Rock
Plastic
By the ____ many European cathedrals were being decorated with stained glass windows.
1000s
1100s
1200s
1300s
Mirrors were invented in the 16th century in ____.
Rome
Venice
Milan
Bologna
In the ____ century in Northern Italy the first glasses to enhance eye sight were invented.
11th
12th
13th
14th
Reading glasses use ____, which is the way light bends as it passes through transparent surfaces.
Reflection
Retention
Refraction
Reduction
Recycling glass dates back to the ____ Empire.
British
Roman
German
Egyptian
There are 40 recycling centres in metropolitan ____, with 120 across the state.
Western Australia
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
In Australia, around ____ of all glass products come from recycled glass.
20%
30%
40%
50%
What chemical compound is glass usually made from?
Silicon dioxide
Carbon dioxide
Calcium carbonate
Silicon carbonate
Hans Lippershey invented the telescope in ____.
1508
1608
1708
2008
Fibre optics are ultra-thin strands of ____.
Metal
Plastic
Glass
Hair
Fibre optics work via a ____ process.
Reflection
Refraction
Reduction
Relocation
A 1200 degree furnace is known as a ____.
Crisis
Crux
Crucible
Crib
Glass is something called an amorphous solid.
True
False
Glass blowing is using glass in its soft, molten form and using ____ equipment like blow pipes.
Plastic
Metal
Ceramic
Rubber
The world's most famous glass blowers were from the island of Murano in ____.
London
Rome
Venice
Berlin
The filament of a light bulb is made of ____.
Tin
Lead
Tungsten
Copper
The inventor of the light bulb was ____.
Donald Trump
Thomas Edison
Elon Musk
Albert Einstein
