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Inventions: review

Mix the inventions words and sentences in one round.

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Free to play. Teams answer on one screen; your phone is the remote. No student devices.

Words in this game

  • telephoneI called my grandmother on the telephone.
  • light bulbThe light bulb in my room is broken.
  • electricityOur house uses electricity every day.
  • satelliteA satellite goes around the Earth.
  • inventionThe wheel is a very old invention.
  • inventorThe inventor worked in her small workshop.
  • engineThe car engine is very loud.
  • vaccineThe doctor gave me a vaccine.
  • microscopeWe looked at a leaf under the microscope.
  • discoverScientists hope to discover new planets.

Questions

  1. Life changed because homes got ___ and could have light at night.

    • electricity
    • patents
    • vaccines
    • wheels
    Show answerelectricity

  2. Life changed because the ___ made books cheaper and easier to get.

    • light bulb
    • printing press
    • satellite
    • telephone
    Show answerprinting press

  3. Life changed because the ___ let doctors see tiny germs.

    • engine
    • microscope
    • satellite
    • wheel
    Show answermicroscope

  4. Life changed because a ___ protects people from many serious illnesses.

    • light bulb
    • printing press
    • telephone
    • vaccine
    Show answervaccine

  5. The printing press was invented by ___ in the 1400s.

    • Albert Einstein
    • Isaac Newton
    • Johannes Gutenberg
    • Marie Curie
    Show answerJohannes Gutenberg

  6. The first powered airplane was invented by the Wright brothers in ___.

    • 1503
    • 1703
    • 1803
    • 1903
    Show answer1903

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