Grammar communication Unit 10

Fascinating facts
1 Complete the quiz! Can you guess the missing information?

1 ENIAC (one of the first computers)

public in 1946. It was the size of a big  ?? . (present)
to the

2 The first computer mouse in 1964

by Doug Engelbart. It wasn’t plastic, it was  ?? . (make)

3 The Hubble Space Telescope is 13 metres long and it

into space in 1990. It cost more than $ ?? 
to build. (launch)

4 The largest egg in the world

more than 25 centimetres long. (lay)
by a  ?? . It can be

5 The same number of small bones (‘vertrebrae’)

in both a  ?? ’s and a human’s neck. (find)

6 25% of the oxygen our body needs

our  ?? . (use)
by

7 The highest temperature on Earth

in Death Valley in 1913. It was  ?? °C. (record)
in the US

8 The LHC (Large Hadron Collider) is the largest ‘fridge’ in the world.
It’s  ??  long and it by scientists to study physics
questions. (use)

9 According to some studies, more than 200,000 people per year

by lightning and more than  ??  .
(hit, kill)

10 The first mobile phone that

cost $ ?? . (sell)
in the US in the 1980s

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