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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 188 · 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.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telephone (b) microscope (c) compass (d) stethoscope
  3. 3.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a telescope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) microscope (b) telescope (c) printing press (d) stethoscope
  6. 6.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away
  7. 7.True or false: a printing press helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.What does a microscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) see tiny germs
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Edward Jenner (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  11. 11.True or false: a compass helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Louis Braille
  13. 13.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  14. 14.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) penicillin
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) printing press (b) telephone (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telephone (b) clock (c) microscope (d) compass
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  19. 19.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a thermometer helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) microscope (b) calculator (c) telephone (d) thermometer
  24. 24.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the printing press (b) raised-dot writing (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  26. 26.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) penicillin
  27. 27.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a compass helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) calculator (b) microscope (c) compass (d) clock
  31. 31.What does a telephone help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) see faraway stars
  32. 32.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  33. 33.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  35. 35.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) see faraway stars (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away
  37. 37.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) telescope
  40. 40.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Edward Jenner
  2. microscope
  3. True
  4. False
  5. printing press
  6. measure body temperature
  7. False
  8. see tiny germs
  9. Wilhelm Röntgen
  10. Johannes Gutenberg
  11. False
  12. Louis Braille
  13. the stethoscope
  14. penicillin
  15. Alessandro Volta
  16. stethoscope
  17. compass
  18. René Laennec
  19. False
  20. True
  21. False
  22. the electric battery
  23. telephone
  24. raised-dot writing
  25. Alexander Fleming
  26. X-rays
  27. True
  28. False
  29. False
  30. clock
  31. talk to people far away
  32. the printing press
  33. False
  34. the telephone
  35. False
  36. print many books
  37. True
  38. the Wright brothers
  39. telescope
  40. True

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