alleryStart learning →A creative idea that is put to use and brings greater value is called what?
- Erosion
- Evaporation
- Migration
- Innovation
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Correct answer: D. Innovation
An idea put into use that gives greater usefulness or value is an innovation.
Olympiad (Class 4) Technology — practice questions — page 2
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A creative idea that is put to use and brings greater value is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which was one of the very first human inventions?Read the answer and worked solution →Which very old invention is used to catch fish?Read the answer and worked solution →Why was the polished stone axe useful to early farmers?Read the answer and worked solution →Which invention helped people record and share knowledge across time?Read the answer and worked solution →An alloy is a mixture of metals. Which of these is an alloy?Read the answer and worked solution →Most experts think the wheel was invented about which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The wheel was invented in Mesopotamia. Which present-day country is that?Read the answer and worked solution →Which tiny part, invented in 1947, made computers much smaller?Read the answer and worked solution →Which technology sends fast signals over long distances through thin strands?Read the answer and worked solution →How did early people make the first sharp hand axe from a pebble?Read the answer and worked solution →Charles Darwin called the discovery of what possibly the greatest ever made by man?Read the answer and worked solution →The word technology comes from a Greek word meaning what?Read the answer and worked solution →A machine that captures smoke before it enters the air is which kind of technology?Read the answer and worked solution →Harmful dirt or chemicals in air or water are called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Water wheels and windmills get their power from what?Read the answer and worked solution →How did early people first learn to make tools?Read the answer and worked solution →Early roads in the city of Ur were paved with what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ancient city had a big sewer called the Cloaca Maxima?Read the answer and worked solution →The oldest record of a sailing ship shows a boat on which river?Read the answer and worked solution →Machines first replaced many workers in which kind of work, such as farming?Read the answer and worked solution →A chimpanzee dips a leaf in water and sucks it dry. What is the leaf acting as?Read the answer and worked solution →Early people built temporary huts from which material?Read the answer and worked solution →Early people kept fire going with wood and which black fuel?Read the answer and worked solution →The Neolithic Revolution is also called the First what Revolution?Read the answer and worked solution →
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Which was one of the very first human inventions?
- Clothing
- Smartphone
- Airplane
- Internet
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Correct answer: A. Clothing
Clothing, bedding and hafting were among the earliest inventions.
Which very old invention is used to catch fish?
- Flute
- Fish hook
- Brick
- Bread
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Correct answer: B. Fish hook
The fish hook is an old invention that people used to catch fish.
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