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Name: ____________________ ________________ Period: ______ Date: ________

1. Computers were invented to move and store _______________

2. The more switches we have the more information we can move around (True/False).

3. Each switch in a computer can only count to __________

4. What does binary mean?

5. What does the vice-president use to access the World Wide Web (www)?

6. Why is computer software important for computers?

7. The VCR player and the projector are examples of _____________, while the video tape and the film are
examples of __________________.

8. The information on a compact disc (CD) is stored in switches/pits (circle one).

9. Computers convert _________________ from one form to another.

10. You can’t make use of the information on hardware and CDs until it is in RAM (True/False).

11. A _____________________ is a lot of computers working together.

12. What type of waves does the robot give off to see where it is going?

13. Without computers it would be difficult for pilots to fly their planes (True/False).

14. Approximately how big was ENIAC (the first computer to do math problems a lot faster
than humans)?

15. The computer used in the mid-1960s for space travel was more/less (circle one) powerful
than today’s calculators.

Follow-up Questions
1. List at least one new thing you have learned from this video.

2. What question(s) may you still have about computers after watching this episode?

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Name: _________Answer Key___________ _______ Period: ______ Date: ________

1. Computers were invented to move and store __information_______

2. The more switches we have the more information we can move around (True/False).

3. Each switch in a computer can only count to _one___

4. What does binary mean? Two

5. What does the vice-president use to access the World Wide Web (www)? The internet

6. Why is computer software important for computers? It tells it how to run (which switches to turn on/off)

7. The VCR player and the projector are examples of _hardware___, while the video tape and the film are
examples of _software_____.

8. The information on a compact disc (CD) is stored in switches/pits (circle one).

9. Computers convert __information______ from one form to another.

10. You can’t make use of the information on hardware and CDs until it is in RAM (True/False).

11. A ___network__________ is a lot of computers working together.

12. What type of waves does the robot give off to see where it is going? Sound waves

13. Without computers it would be difficult for pilots to fly their planes (True/False).

14. Approximately how big was ENIAC (the first computer to do math problems a lot faster
than humans)? 100 square meters

15. The computer used in the mid-1960s for space travel was more/less (circle one) powerful
than today’s calculators.

Follow-up Questions
1. List at least one new thing you have learned from this video.

2. What question(s) may you still have about computers after watching this episode?

© 2021 The Science Teacher Geek