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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 252 · 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 X-rays? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) the Wright brothers (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  2. 2.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) tell the time (d) see faraway stars
  3. 3.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) calculator (d) compass
  5. 5.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) the Wright brothers (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  6. 6.True or false: a stethoscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Edward Jenner
  9. 9.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) René Laennec (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  10. 10.True or false: a telescope helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the first aeroplane (c) the stethoscope (d) the telephone
  13. 13.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) X-rays
  14. 14.True or false: a compass helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) clock (d) stethoscope
  16. 16.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telescope (b) thermometer (c) stethoscope (d) compass
  17. 17.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.What does a telescope help us do? (a) find directions (b) print many books (c) talk to people far away (d) see faraway stars
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telephone (b) thermometer (c) compass (d) telescope
  20. 20.What does a microscope help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) see tiny germs (c) talk to people far away (d) hear the heartbeat
  21. 21.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.What does a clock help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  23. 23.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see faraway stars (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  24. 24.True or false: a stethoscope helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) compass (b) stethoscope (c) thermometer (d) microscope
  26. 26.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) raised-dot writing (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alexander Fleming (c) René Laennec (d) the Wright brothers
  28. 28.True or false: a telephone helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) printing press (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) telephone
  30. 30.True or false: a printing press helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) the smallpox vaccine
  33. 33.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) the printing press
  34. 34.True or false: René Laennec gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) clock (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
  38. 38.True or false: a telephone helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  40. 40.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Wilhelm Röntgen
  2. measure body temperature
  3. True
  4. calculator
  5. Alessandro Volta
  6. False
  7. Alexander Graham Bell
  8. René Laennec
  9. Edward Jenner
  10. False
  11. False
  12. the telephone
  13. the printing press
  14. False
  15. clock
  16. thermometer
  17. False
  18. see faraway stars
  19. telescope
  20. see tiny germs
  21. True
  22. tell the time
  23. print many books
  24. False
  25. microscope
  26. the electric battery
  27. the Wright brothers
  28. False
  29. telephone
  30. False
  31. True
  32. the stethoscope
  33. penicillin
  34. False
  35. True
  36. True
  37. stethoscope
  38. False
  39. the first aeroplane
  40. False

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