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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 220 · 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 telephone? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  2. 2.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  3. 3.What does a compass help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) hear the heartbeat
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) printing press (b) calculator (c) stethoscope (d) telephone
  5. 5.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  6. 6.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telescope (b) microscope (c) clock (d) thermometer
  7. 7.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) clock (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) calculator
  8. 8.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the electric battery (c) X-rays (d) penicillin
  9. 9.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) calculator (b) telephone (c) clock (d) printing press
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  11. 11.True or false: a microscope helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) X-rays (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine
  13. 13.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  14. 14.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) find directions (d) measure body temperature
  15. 15.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  17. 17.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alessandro Volta
  18. 18.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Edward Jenner
  20. 20.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) calculator (b) telescope (c) compass (d) clock
  23. 23.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) print many books
  24. 24.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
  27. 27.True or false: a stethoscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a telescope helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.What does a clock help us do? (a) find directions (b) hear the heartbeat (c) tell the time (d) see faraway stars
  34. 34.True or false: a stethoscope helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.What did René Laennec give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the printing press
  36. 36.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.What does a calculator help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) hear the heartbeat (d) do sums quickly
  38. 38.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Alexander Graham Bell
  2. penicillin
  3. find directions
  4. telephone
  5. print many books
  6. microscope
  7. calculator
  8. the electric battery
  9. printing press
  10. compass
  11. False
  12. the smallpox vaccine
  13. René Laennec
  14. talk to people far away
  15. True
  16. raised-dot writing
  17. Alexander Fleming
  18. True
  19. Alessandro Volta
  20. True
  21. Johannes Gutenberg
  22. telescope
  23. measure body temperature
  24. False
  25. Louis Braille
  26. Edward Jenner
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. True
  32. False
  33. tell the time
  34. False
  35. the stethoscope
  36. False
  37. do sums quickly
  38. True
  39. False
  40. True

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