Science History: Inventors & Scientists "Fill-in-the-Blanks" Assessment

This activity is NOT interactive but the answers are at the bottom of this page. You have permission to make a hard copy for further vocabulary study.

Word bank for matching the FITB sentences are listed alphabetically below:
  • COLLABORATION, EPIDEMIC, FERMENT, FILAMENT, INCANDESCENT, INCUBATE, INSULATION, LUMINOUS, MICROBE, PATENT, PULSATE, VACUUM

  • 1. Irene created a ____________ with the air pump that enabled her to increase the size of the tire.

  • 2. Thomas A. Edison held the ____________ on the early phonograph.

  • 3. The surgeon opened the chest cavity and saw the heart ____________ erratically.

  • 4. Bea noticed that the ____________ had broken and replaced the bulb in the lamp.

  • 5. A startling discovery occurred due to the ____________ between four scientists.

  • 6. Jonas Salk prevented a polio ____________ when he created a vaccine against the disease.

  • 7. Diane wears a watch with a ____________ dial, allowing her to see the time even in a dark room.

  • 8. In her experiment, Kate proved that raw apple juice would ____________ into hard cider.

  • 9. Vicky tested the length of time necessary to ____________ the eggs.

  • 10. John noticed that as the electrical charge increased, the wires took on an ____________ glow.

  • 11. A rubber cuff served as ____________ to protect several strands of wires.

  • 12. Researchers isolated the ____________ that had caused the outbreak.
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    ANSWERS:
    1 - VACUUM, 2 - PATENT, 3 - PULSATE, 4 - FILAMENT, 5 - COLLABORATION, 6 - EPIDEMIC, 7 - LUMINOUS, 8 - FERMENT, 9 - INCUBATE, 10 - INCANDESCENT, 11 - INSULATION, 12 - MICROBE.
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