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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 212 · 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) X-rays (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telescope (b) compass (c) telephone (d) clock
  3. 3.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) René Laennec
  5. 5.True or false: a calculator helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  7. 7.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) X-rays
  8. 8.True or false: a telescope helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  11. 11.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) the stethoscope
  13. 13.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Louis Braille
  15. 15.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the electric battery (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing
  16. 16.What does a printing press help us do? (a) print many books (b) hear the heartbeat (c) do sums quickly (d) tell the time
  17. 17.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) find directions (d) hear the heartbeat
  18. 18.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the smallpox vaccine
  20. 20.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a stethoscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a compass helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a compass helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a calculator helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.What does a telescope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) print many books (c) talk to people far away (d) see faraway stars
  28. 28.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) penicillin
  29. 29.True or false: a thermometer helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Fleming
  32. 32.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What does a compass help us do? (a) print many books (b) tell the time (c) see tiny germs (d) find directions
  34. 34.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) thermometer
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  40. 40.What does a calculator help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see faraway stars (d) do sums quickly

Answer key

  1. the smallpox vaccine
  2. compass
  3. False
  4. Alexander Fleming
  5. False
  6. René Laennec
  7. the first aeroplane
  8. False
  9. False
  10. Alessandro Volta
  11. True
  12. the electric battery
  13. False
  14. Alexander Graham Bell
  15. penicillin
  16. print many books
  17. hear the heartbeat
  18. True
  19. the telephone
  20. True
  21. False
  22. True
  23. False
  24. False
  25. False
  26. True
  27. see faraway stars
  28. the stethoscope
  29. False
  30. True
  31. Wilhelm Röntgen
  32. True
  33. find directions
  34. False
  35. clock
  36. False
  37. False
  38. True
  39. Johannes Gutenberg
  40. do sums quickly

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