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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 282 · 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 see tiny germs? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) compass (d) microscope
  2. 2.True or false: a telephone helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.What does a compass help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) find directions
  4. 4.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  9. 9.True or false: a calculator helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.What does a calculator help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) do sums quickly (d) see faraway stars
  11. 11.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) find directions (d) print many books
  12. 12.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the telephone (c) X-rays (d) the printing press
  13. 13.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) see faraway stars
  14. 14.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  16. 16.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) X-rays (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) thermometer
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  21. 21.True or false: a telephone helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) stethoscope (b) thermometer (c) clock (d) telephone
  23. 23.True or false: a calculator helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a thermometer helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Louis Braille (c) Edward Jenner (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  29. 29.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) the Wright brothers (c) Alexander Fleming (d) René Laennec
  30. 30.What does a telephone help us do? (a) find directions (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) print many books
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  32. 32.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telephone (b) telescope (c) printing press (d) calculator
  33. 33.True or false: a telephone helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  36. 36.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  37. 37.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the telephone (c) the stethoscope (d) the smallpox vaccine
  38. 38.True or false: a stethoscope helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) X-rays (b) penicillin (c) the stethoscope (d) the first aeroplane
  40. 40.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) thermometer (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) compass

Answer key

  1. microscope
  2. False
  3. find directions
  4. True
  5. True
  6. True
  7. True
  8. tell the time
  9. False
  10. do sums quickly
  11. measure body temperature
  12. the printing press
  13. hear the heartbeat
  14. True
  15. the telephone
  16. True
  17. the first aeroplane
  18. calculator
  19. Edward Jenner
  20. the Wright brothers
  21. False
  22. clock
  23. False
  24. True
  25. False
  26. True
  27. False
  28. Louis Braille
  29. Alexander Fleming
  30. talk to people far away
  31. Johannes Gutenberg
  32. telephone
  33. False
  34. False
  35. Alexander Graham Bell
  36. René Laennec
  37. the electric battery
  38. False
  39. penicillin
  40. thermometer

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