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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

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

Answer key

  1. telephone
  2. False
  3. the first aeroplane
  4. True
  5. compass
  6. True
  7. False
  8. X-rays
  9. True
  10. see faraway stars
  11. the smallpox vaccine
  12. do sums quickly
  13. thermometer
  14. Alessandro Volta
  15. the electric battery
  16. False
  17. True
  18. False
  19. True
  20. Alexander Graham Bell
  21. print many books
  22. False
  23. hear the heartbeat
  24. the stethoscope
  25. the Wright brothers
  26. False
  27. calculator
  28. Johannes Gutenberg
  29. Wilhelm Röntgen
  30. False
  31. False
  32. False
  33. True
  34. microscope
  35. raised-dot writing
  36. see tiny germs
  37. True
  38. True
  39. True
  40. False

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