Science and Technology

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate form of the words below

Develop               pioneer                                study                    discover                              invent                   design

1. The physicians Marie Curie and her husband Pierre................................…. radium.

2. After years of ………………………………………………., Freud ……………………………. a theory of the mind which has changed for ever the way we view ourselves.

3. Brunel ………………………………………………. the Clifton Bridge.

4. Marco Polo made journeys through Asia and wrote a book describing what he had ……………………………………………….

5. Edward Jenner ………………………………………………. the use of vaccination to prevent disease.

6. I wonder who ………………………………………………. the very first computer.

7. Einstein ………………………………………………. the theory of relativity which replaced Newton’s theories.

8. Florence Nightingale ………………………………………………. effective nursing care and improvements in public health.

9. In 1930 Clyde Tombaugh ………………………………………………. Pluto after many years ………………………………………………. the night sky.

Key.

1. Discovered
2. Studying – developed
3. Designed
4. Discovered
5. Pioneered
6. Invented 
7. Developed
8. Pioneered
9. Discovered – studying