QUANDARY

OVER
PERPETUAL
MACHINES
AUTHENTIC LISTENING
WEEK 05

GROUP 04
For questions 01-03, listen and complete the sentences with a
word or short phrase.
TASK 01

01. Bhaskara explained that the ______ of the wheels is a

result of the mercury's motion.

02. Bhaskara put forward the initial designs of machines

that do not require any additiona ________ to function.

03. Windmills and lightbulbs were mentioned as examples

for innovations that have sparked various ___________.

For questions 04-07, listen and decide whether the statements

are True, False or Not Given.
TASK 02

04. Some perpetual contraptions manage to follow all the

rules of thermodynamics.

05. Scientists propose that perpetual machinery should be

integrated in the construction of cars.

06. Bhaskara's invention utilised the movement of a kind of

spherical object.

07. Supposedly, the wheel would work based on the

difference in weight.
For questions 08-13, listen and choose the correct answer
according to what you hear.
TASK 03

08. Who came up with the concept of self-watering pot?

A. Bhaskara the Learned
B. Robert Boyle
C. Obert Boyle

09. What flaws can be seen in the theory of the self-

watering pot?
A. The structure of the pot can pose a problem
B. The forces needed for the machine to work is inadequate
C. Water is prevented from falling back into the pot

10. What leads to the failure of the magnet machine?

A. The magnet would be too strong at first then diminish
completely
B. The magnet cannot pull the ball from such a great
distance
C. The weight of the ball is too great for the magnet

11. How does a seemingly perpetual machine function?

A. They are cleverly designed to defy one law of
thermodynamics
B. They draw in energy from the environment
C. They use a type of specialised material
 TASK 03

12. The second law of thermodynamics states that:

A. Heat is the result of excessive energy being consumed
B. Energy tends to leak out through unintended processes
C. Interactions with liquid molecules create extra energy
for machines

13. The idea of inventing a perpetual machine is thought

to:
A. Have been achieved my prominent scientists around
the world
B. Be certainly impossible without violating the rules of
physics
C. Be potentially possible through the discovery of the
universe