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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 134 · 40 questions
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Remember (Who and what for?): Telephone – Alexander Graham Bell, first aeroplane – the Wright brothers, printing press – Johannes Gutenberg, raised-dot writing – Louis Braille. Smallpox vaccine – Edward Jenner, penicillin – Alexander Fleming, stethoscope – René Laennec, electric battery – Alessandro Volta, X-rays – Wilhelm Röntgen. Uses: telephone – talk far away, thermometer – body temperature, compass – directions, telescope – faraway stars, microscope – tiny germs.

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  1. 1.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the electric battery (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  2. 2.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) do sums quickly (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  3. 3.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) calculator (b) clock (c) telescope (d) telephone
  5. 5.What did René Laennec give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  6. 6.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) X-rays (d) the telephone
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) compass (b) telescope (c) microscope (d) stethoscope
  8. 8.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the telephone (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Alessandro Volta
  12. 12.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a compass helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  15. 15.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) telescope (d) thermometer
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  18. 18.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) clock (c) telephone (d) compass
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) telephone (d) clock
  24. 24.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  25. 25.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) do sums quickly
  27. 27.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) penicillin (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  28. 28.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.What does a printing press help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) print many books (c) measure body temperature (d) find directions
  31. 31.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) telescope (c) calculator (d) printing press
  33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) see tiny germs (d) tell the time
  35. 35.True or false: a thermometer helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a clock helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the smallpox vaccine
  2. talk to people far away
  3. penicillin
  4. telephone
  5. the stethoscope
  6. the telephone
  7. microscope
  8. False
  9. the electric battery
  10. Johannes Gutenberg
  11. Louis Braille
  12. True
  13. False
  14. Alexander Graham Bell
  15. True
  16. clock
  17. the Wright brothers
  18. False
  19. False
  20. True
  21. Edward Jenner
  22. telescope
  23. thermometer
  24. X-rays
  25. True
  26. see faraway stars
  27. raised-dot writing
  28. False
  29. True
  30. print many books
  31. False
  32. calculator
  33. False
  34. measure body temperature
  35. False
  36. False
  37. True
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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