TECHNOLOGY

This week's quiz contains 20 questions on technology : (Pretty tame questions..)

1. What is the difference between a mixture and a compound?

2. What are the three methods by which heat travels?

3. What force does a car have to overcome when it starts moving?

4. What do we call the point about which a lever turns?

5. Oil is used to reduce what?

6. What is an abacus?

7. What are the two ways by which nuclear energy is produced?

8. Centrifugal force pushes things outwards. What do we call the force that pulls objects inwards?

9. Why do streamlined vehicles use less fuel?

10. What simple machines are often used to change the direction of a force?

11. In the middle ages what use did candles have apart from illumination?

12. What was unusual about the Heinkel He 178?

13. What was notable about Focke-Wulf 61?

14. Which time-keeping device had the most moving parts?

15. Which time-keeping device had no moving parts?

16. What is the cause of the apparent bending of the stick when it is thrust into the water?

17. If three light bulbs were wired in parallel and three identical ones were wired in series, which would be the brighter?

18. If you wire up a small torch bulb in an electrical socket containing a fresh lemon, the bulb will light. True or false?

19. Nutcrackers are what sort of mechanical device?

20. Why are drainage inspection covers usually round?

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