TEST "Science Magic" 9 Form

Steam _____ was invented in the 18th century.

A dishwasher, a microwave oven or a vacuum cleaner are labour saving _____.

Find, please, several variants of gadgets.

Thomas Edison invented ...

In 1876 was invented ...

A board with buttons marked with letters or numbers that are pressed to put information into a computer or other machine.

Isaak Newton was a ...

Who invented the penicillin?

Translate: робити відкриття / відкриття

Translate: наука / науковий прогрес

Translate: шукати інформацію в Інтернеті (сидіти в Інтернеті)

What does the word "download" mean?

What does the word "upload" mean?

What can you do on the computer (using the Internet)?

With what science can you communicate with the computer?

In other words, how can you say «Make something»?

The television.

The invention with the biggest impact was probably the television. It was invented by a Scottish man, John Logie Baird. The first televised pictures were sent over a short distance in 1924, and his invention was formally demonstrated at the Royal Institute two years later. The pictures on the screen were not clear, but the viewers could see that they were human faces, and they could see their eyes opening and closing. In 1928, images were sent from Britain to America, and later, to a ship 1,500 miles out to sea. In the same year, the first colour images were sent. The first ‘seeing-in sets’ were sold that same year. For £25 (£1000 in today’s money), people in their homes could watch moving images that were sent from a broadcasting station.

1. When television images were first transmitted, viewers didn’t know exactly what the image was.

The television.

The invention with the biggest impact was probably the television. It was invented by a Scottish man, John Logie Baird. The first televised pictures were sent over a short distance in 1924, and his invention was formally demonstrated at the Royal Institute two years later. The pictures on the screen were not clear, but the viewers could see that they were human faces, and they could see their eyes opening and closing. In 1928, images were sent from Britain to America, and later, to a ship 1,500 miles out to sea. In the same year, the first colour images were sent. The first ‘seeing-in sets’ were sold that same year. For £25 (£1000 in today’s money), people in their homes could watch moving images that were sent from a broadcasting station.

2. The television was demonstrated at the Royal Institute in 1926.

The television.

The invention with the biggest impact was probably the television. It was invented by a Scottish man,John Logie Baird. The first televised pictures were sent over a short distance in 1924, and his invention was formally demonstrated at the Royal Institute two years later. The pictures on the screen were not clear, but the viewers could see that they were human faces, and they could see their eyes opening and closing. In 1928, images were sent from Britain to America, and later, to a ship 1,500 miles out to sea. In the same year, the first colour images were sent. The first ‘seeing-in sets’ were sold that same year. For £25 (£1000 in today’s money), people in their homes could watch moving images that were sent from a broadcasting station.

3. Colour images were not possible until after the 1920s.

Grammar practice

The report ______ every Monday by the manager.