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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 146 · 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.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) compass (c) telephone (d) telescope
  3. 3.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) Edward Jenner
  4. 4.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) compass (c) telephone (d) microscope
  7. 7.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) raised-dot writing (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  8. 8.True or false: a stethoscope helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) compass (b) clock (c) calculator (d) telescope
  10. 10.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) compass (b) printing press (c) microscope (d) calculator
  12. 12.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) see faraway stars
  13. 13.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) tell the time (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) do sums quickly
  14. 14.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What does a printing press help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) René Laennec
  17. 17.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) penicillin
  20. 20.What does a telephone help us do? (a) find directions (b) measure body temperature (c) hear the heartbeat (d) talk to people far away
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  22. 22.True or false: a calculator helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the printing press (b) X-rays (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  24. 24.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the printing press
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) compass (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) printing press
  26. 26.True or false: a compass helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a clock helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) microscope (d) compass
  31. 31.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) telescope (d) telephone
  33. 33.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) talk to people far away (c) find directions (d) print many books
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  35. 35.True or false: a calculator helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.What does a calculator help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) find directions
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  38. 38.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) thermometer
  40. 40.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. thermometer
  3. Wilhelm Röntgen
  4. False
  5. Alexander Fleming
  6. stethoscope
  7. the first aeroplane
  8. False
  9. telescope
  10. hear the heartbeat
  11. microscope
  12. find directions
  13. measure body temperature
  14. False
  15. print many books
  16. René Laennec
  17. False
  18. False
  19. penicillin
  20. talk to people far away
  21. Alessandro Volta
  22. False
  23. the stethoscope
  24. the telephone
  25. printing press
  26. False
  27. False
  28. True
  29. False
  30. compass
  31. False
  32. telephone
  33. see faraway stars
  34. Louis Braille
  35. False
  36. do sums quickly
  37. the Wright brothers
  38. False
  39. calculator
  40. True

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