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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 217 · 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 clock helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the smallpox vaccine
  3. 3.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) thermometer (b) printing press (c) telescope (d) clock
  4. 4.True or false: a thermometer helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a printing press helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: a printing press helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
  8. 8.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) microscope (b) thermometer (c) printing press (d) telescope
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) telephone (d) clock
  11. 11.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  13. 13.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a clock helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) printing press (d) thermometer
  18. 18.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  19. 19.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) see tiny germs (b) print many books (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) calculator (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) telescope
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  22. 22.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the telephone (c) penicillin (d) the stethoscope
  23. 23.What does a printing press help us do? (a) find directions (b) see tiny germs (c) see faraway stars (d) print many books
  24. 24.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) the stethoscope
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) thermometer (b) calculator (c) clock (d) compass
  30. 30.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Edward Jenner
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Edward Jenner (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What does a calculator help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) do sums quickly
  34. 34.True or false: a clock helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the printing press (c) penicillin (d) the first aeroplane
  37. 37.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) the telephone (d) the first aeroplane
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alessandro Volta
  39. 39.True or false: a telephone helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. the smallpox vaccine
  3. printing press
  4. False
  5. False
  6. False
  7. telescope
  8. False
  9. microscope
  10. stethoscope
  11. True
  12. Alexander Graham Bell
  13. True
  14. True
  15. True
  16. False
  17. telephone
  18. the Wright brothers
  19. hear the heartbeat
  20. compass
  21. René Laennec
  22. raised-dot writing
  23. print many books
  24. True
  25. True
  26. False
  27. False
  28. X-rays
  29. calculator
  30. Edward Jenner
  31. Wilhelm Röntgen
  32. False
  33. do sums quickly
  34. False
  35. False
  36. the telephone
  37. the first aeroplane
  38. Alexander Fleming
  39. False
  40. True

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